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DICKIE'S 

Sentence Practice 



OF 



ELEMENTARY PHONOGRAPHY 



Graham's Standard Phonography 

analyzed and practically applied by 

JOHN G. DICKIE 

PRINCIPAL SHORTHAND DEPARTMENT, CALL'S COLLEGE. 









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published BY CALL'S COLLEGE 
244 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

COPYRIGHTED 1902 

by JOHN G. DICKIE 
PITTSBURG, PA. 



THE LIBRARY OF 
J CONGRESS, 


Two Copies Received 


AUG 15 1903 

Copyright Entry 
CLASS ft- XXc. No 


14- u~ r r vT 

COPY B. 






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HARRIS PRINTING COMPANY 
PITTSBURG, PENN'A 



PREFACE. 



This work is dedicated to the many young men and women who con- 
template, or may be engaged in, the study of shorthand. Its object is to 
give not only a thoroughly practical phonographic chirography, but also an 
extensive vocabulary in word-signs and contractions, as well as to develop 
the ability to give expression to one's thought intelligently and rapidly. 

After all is said, it remains true that observation forms no inconsider- 
able part of education. Particularly is this exemplified in the acquirement 
of shorthand. While a thorough knowledge of the rules is indispensable, it 
is of no practical value unless comprehensively illustrated, so that the 
form of the word becomes, through the medium of the eye, indelibly im- 
pressed upon the mind. 

This the Author has endeavored to do by a series of sentences, inele- 
gant perhaps, yet withal sufficient to illustrate the principles involved. 
The gradual unfolding of each principle, in connected matte? relating to 
every-day events, is certainly a very fascinating as well as lucrative em- 
ployment for the student. While it is true that a word-sign has but one 
stroke and no vowels, and a contraction has two or more, yet not all of the 
consonants of the word indicated, and no vowels, it is deemed expedient to 
include in the list of contractions many words having the full consonantal 
outline, but with the vowels omitted. 

"Each sentence is to be copied Ave times by the student, then corrected 
by the instructor; copied five times again, and then written from dicta- 
tion. When the student can write one series of sentences rapidly and ac- 
curately, he should then, and only then, take up another, and practice 
until a similar result is accomplished. Proceeding along this line he should 
be able to write a rapid, legible hand upon the completion of the Schedule 
as outlined 

The student should always remember that rapidity and accuracy are 
made possible only by familiarity with outlines. • 

For a wider range in the construction of sentences, the fundamental 
principles for the lengthening and shortening of strokes, as contained in 
Lessons 20 and 21 of the Hand-Book. have been introduced in Chapter II. 
The prefixes Con, Com and Cog. and the affixes Ing, Ings, Ing-the, Ing-A- 
An-And, and Ingly have also been used in this Chapter. 

The possibilities of the Back-En-hook are set forth in Chapter X.. where 
it is used not only tor In, En and Un, but also for An, On, Han and Hun. 

The rules for the use of Fore, For, Fare and Far are the result of 
careful thought upon the part of the Author. It may be observed that For 
and Fore, because of their frequent occurrence, are given precedence in 
the use of the shorter outlines; while Fare and Far, being less frequently 
used, are designated by longer forms. 

Compound words from which custom has eliminated the hyphen are 
written in both styles, but the decree of custom is to be preferred. 

Advanced work is taken up and thoroughly treated in "Dickie's Re- 
porting Principles," a small book containing many valuable hints to sten- 
ographers. 



PRINCIPLES. 



1. Short-hand spelling is entirely by sound. 

2. Soft sounds are represented by light strokes. 

3. Harsh sounds are represented by heavy strokes. 



Pee.\.jChay../..j:f..^.Es..)..Jsh. ^.Ray.^r.-.Way- Yay Hay 

.:>_. c ^ 

Bee\ . Jay. . ./. .. Vee.^. ZeeJ.-Zhay.y Em. ^ 6bief 

Tee...l. Kay. ^..ath.. Lisa. .. Lay. /7.En..^<.. Weh. c . Yeh." 

Dee. J. Gay. .^...TheeLlz.-... Ar,.^>..Ing ..>w<..Wuh.:\ .Yuh..° ... ..-.. 



4. Note that Lay, Ray and Hay are written upward. 

5. Note that K, Gay, M. N and Ing are written from left to right. 

6. Note that all other consonants in the alphabet are written down- 
ward. 

7. The stroke -^— when alone or written upward is called Lay. 
Lay Lay-K Lay-M Lay-D Lay-S Lay-P Lay-F Ray-Lay Ar-Lay D-Lay 

r ^~ ^ rt f) s\ s\ /~ ~y- V 

8. Otherwise it is called El. 

El-K El-M N-El F-El Ray-El Ing-El Iss-K-El Ar-El V-El. 

9. The stroke — *- when alone or written downward, is called Ish. 
Ish Ish-P B-Ish M-Ish F-Ish Ish-Ar K-Ish V-Ish Ish-M J-Ish Ray-Ish. 

' < ) ° y j \ -> b '- j " 

10. Otherwise it is called Shay. 

D-Shay Shay^Lay Shay-T Lay-Shay F-Shay T-Shay. 

H /~ A S v / \) 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



11. When standing alone Ray has more slant than Chay; Ray ^ 
Cfaay / ; when written with other strokes, either is joined at the 
most convenient angle, the direction of the junction determining the 
name of the stroke. 
Ray-T Ray-P Ray-Chay T-Chay T-Ray Chay-Lay Ray-Lay Chay-K 



^ /\ A. j V. tL 



12. S and Z are, for convenience, represented by a brief sign called 
Iss and Iz respectively. 

Ars or Arz; Rays or Rayz; Tays or Yayz; Kays or Kayz. 

^ _^L , C— =* 

13. Way is, for convenience, represented by a brief sign called Weh, 
when opening to the right, and Wuh, when opening to the left. 
Weh-P Weh-M Weh-N Weh-Lay Weh-T Weh-Ray Wuh-K Wuh-Gay 

J <Z^ s— t— (L J </ * — 3== 

14. Yay is, for convenience, represented by a brief sign called Yeh, 
when opening upward, and Yuh, when opening downward. 

Yeh-K Yuh-Lay Yuh-Ray Yeh-Ar Yuh-M Yeh-N Yen-P Yeh-Ish 

_^= s- y ~\ „ ... a y 

15. Certain combinations of curved consonants, similar to the fol- 
lowing, are always joined at an angle, as in 

r^ v^, ^, <s~ ^ f . * , ^^-.^ 

16. Junctions made between heavy and light strokes, in the direc- 
tion of the natural unarrested flow of the hand, should taper towards 
the point of contact, as in 

\ 1 / - ^--^ \^ — \\7 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



15. Lay-M, F-N, V-lng, Lay-Lay, Ar-Ar, Yay-Yay, N-N, F-F, M-M, M-Way. 

16. P-D, T-D, Chay-J, K-Gay, B-N, Gay-Ar, Lay- Way, D-T, K-Way, Gay-K, 
F-Way, V-Ar, J-Chay. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



17 Any combination of heavy consonants, joined in the direction 
of the natural unarrested flow of the hand, should not taper towards 
the junction; write 



PART B. 

IS. Add the sound of S to any consonant by Iss, which is always 

joined: 

(a) To straight lines, by a motion contrary to that of the hands 

of a clock; write 

\\ rr /■/ ^ _ - — ^ w li.// ^> — /vt/. . 



(b) To Hay, by closing up the hook, as in 
However, never use Iss-Hay for the sound of Sh, as in / . 

(c) To curved consonants, by writing on the concave side, as in 

(d) Between consonants, in the most convenient manner, as in 

(e) Between two curve consonants, on the back of the first curve, 
when practicable, as in 

(f) Iss, enlarged, adds another sound of S and is called Ses or Sez; 

(g) A small loop adds the sound of St or Std, and is, called Steh; 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



17. Gay-Gay, Way-D, Yay-D, V-Gay, Gay-Way, D-V, B-Ing, D-D, Way-Zhay, 
Yay V, Thee-Ing, Yay-Ing, J-J. 

18. 

(a) Spee, Sbee, Stee, Sdee, Iss-Chay, Sjay, Skay, Sgay, Sray, Pees, Bees, Tees, 
Dees, Chays, Jays, Kays, Rays, Spees. Sdees, Sjays, Sgays. 

(b) Iss-Hay. 

(c) Sef, Svee, Sthee, Sith, Iss-S, Iss-Z, Sish, Iss-Ihay, Slay, Sar, Sem, Iss-N, 
Sing, Sway, Syay, Sefs, Slays, Sars, Sems, Syays. 

■(d) Pees-Tee, Chays-Tee, Rays-K, Kays-Ray, Efs-Chay, Lays-Lay, Ars-M, 
Kays-P, Pees-K, Dees-Ray, Lays-M, Ems-R.iy, Rays-T, Chays-T, Ens-D. 

(e) Ens-M, Ems-N, Ems-Ith, Iths-M, Efs-Lay, Efs-M, EnS-Lay-T, Ems-Ing, 
Ings-M, Lays-Ith. 

(f) Ses-P, Ses-B, Ses-T, Ses-D, Ses-Chay, Ses-J, Ses-K, Ses-Gay. Efses, Veeses, 
Ithses, Theeses, Es-Ses, Zeeses, Ishses, Zhayses, Layses, Arses, Rayses, Emses, 
Enses, Ingses. 

(g) Step, Steh-B, Steh-T, Steh-D, Steh-Chay, Steh-J, Steh-K, Steh-Gay, Steh-F, 
Steh-V, Steh-M, Steh-N, Steh-Ray, Steh-lng, Steh-Way, Steh-Yay, Efst, Veest, 
Peest, Beest, Yayst. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



(h) A Large loop adds the sound of Str, and is called Ster; this, 
however, cannot be written at the beginning of a word. 

19. A small circle, written on the back of a consonant with a final 
Ses, Steh or Ster, denotes Possessive Case or Plural Number, etc., 

20. Always read the circle before everything, if written at the be- 
ginning; and after everything, if written at the end. 

21. There are three positions in shorthand. (Corresponding Style.) 

(a) The first position is: 

For horizontals, 1-6 of an inch above the line. * ^-^ - — ^-^ 

For all others, 1-12 of an inch above the line. \ 1 / ^ V ) ) /W 

(b) The second position is: 

For all consonants, on the line. ^ . ^ ^ ^ / ^ /^~_ ^ | ,/ 

(c) The third position is: 

For horizontals, immediately under the line. ^^ • „ — 

For all others, through the lin e. \ \ / i ^- ^ \ J "\ ) S* 

22. A word-sign is a sign used in place of a word and has but one 
stroke. A contraction, however, has two or more strokes. 
Circles and loops are not included in the list of strokes, except where 
(hey stand alone, as m As ^ o r Hi s ° 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PEACTICE. 



(h) Peester, Beester, Teester, Deester, Chayster, Jayster, Kayster, Gayster, 
Efster, Veester, Ithster, Theester, E^-Ster, Zeester, Ishster, Zhayster, Layster, 
Arster, Rayster, Emster, Enster, Ingster, Wayster, Yayster. 

19. Peeses-Iss, Beeses-Iss, Teeses-Iss, Deeses-Iss, Chases-Iss, Jayses-Iss, 
Kayses-Iss, Gayses-Iss, Efsts, Veests, Ithsts, Theests, Es-Steh-Iss, Zeests, Mists, 
Zhaysts, Laysters, Arsters, Raysters, Emsters, Ensters, Waysters, Haysters. 

21. 

(a) Kay, Gay, Em, En, Ing. 

Pee, Tee, Chay, Ef, Vee, Es, Zee, Lay, Ray, Ish. 

;b) Kay, Gay, Em, En, Way, Chay, Vee, Lay, Ing, Tee, Hay. 

(c) Kay, Gay, Em, En, Ing. 

Pee, Tee, Chay, Ef, Lay, Ar, Bee, Ish, Way, Es, Yay. 

22. As, Has; Is, His. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



PART C. 

23. Shorthand vowels are of two classes, Dot and Dash; each class 
is divided into two quantities, Long (heavy), and Short (light). 

Dot. Dash. 

Long . Short Long m Short 

E-as in Tea ...:... I-as in Hit . . . Aw-as in PawJ...O-as in On. .J. 

A-as in Ape. "I. ..E-as in Met..!. . O-as in Low ~l U-as in Up. . J , 
A-as in Tar... .1 ...A-as in Cat ..L.Ooas in Too. . . | . . Oo-as in Look.L 

24. Vowels are read just as written; either before or after the conso- 
nant.'f j' \- ^ — T~ ^ > -) J y /T.r ^ ^ J^X 

25. A word of a consonant and vowel is written in the position of 

^ vowei. / i -i ^ ., „ > \, k „ r y ^\ lt ^ r ■[ ^- , 

26. A word of a consonant and two vowels is written in the position 
of the accented vowel. 

27. A word of two or more horizontal consonants and one vowel, is 
written in the position of the vowel. 






28. A word of two or more horizontal consonants and two or more 
vowels, is written In the position of the accented vowel. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



23. E as in eat. I as in hit. Aw as in draw. as in gone. 

A as in ale. E as in bet. O as in show. U as in shut. 

A as in arm. A as in hat. Oo as in food. Oo as in foot. 



24. Awed, Daw, Obey, Ado, Eke, Key, Ache, Gay, So, Owes, Ooze, Zoo, Lea, 
Eel, Aim, Emma, Shaw, Ray. 

25. Joe eats eight eggs. May says Bess dozes. Lee pays Sam off. Al lost 
Ed's key. 

26. Stella essays eighty stitches. Ella assists Emma. Aggie erases Abbie's 
essay. Eddie obeys Esau. Otho's eighty arrows amaze Eva. 

27. Mame's cook makes knick-knacks. King Cam's gang cooks game. 

28. Gawky Micky Namee menaces Cooney Mackey's immense Mohawk canoe. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



29. The first sloping or vertical consonant, in a word of .sloping 
or vertical and horizontal consonants, is written in the position of the 
accented vowel. 



PART D. 



30. Diphthongs have but two positions. 



First position: I-as in Buy — Opening upward. 



Oi-as in Boy — Opening downward. 



Third position: Ou-as in Bow — Opening downward. 

Ew-as in Pew— Opening to the right. 



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DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



29. Tom takes Jack's rig. I ouk digs coal. Johnnie loves Fannie. Harry 
sleeps long. 

30. 

1. Rice buys five nice rye slices. Sly Eli disguises Ike's vices. Silas Meyers 
sighs five times. 

2. My guide arises. I will rise higher. Wise Si dies right. Mike Tighe's 
knife slices Hire's pies nicely. 

3. Roy's voice annoys Maloy. McCoy's boys enjoy choice oysters * Avoid 
noisy boys. Coy Lois annoyed Joyce. 

4. Invoice Envoy Boyce's oil. Coyle toils, hoisting alloys. Loyal envoys 
enjoy royal soil. 

5. Howe bows out. Rouse aroused our south house. Rouch vows Downey 
soused our cow. Dow arouses Towser. 

6. Hugh sues Lew. Rude Rube abuses Sue's new mule. Pugh reduced Luke's 
new suit, Tuesday. 

7. Kuhl slew Routch's fowl. Rube views our power house. Jules slew 
Duke's owl. Howel rules now. 



*Es-Ster is used here for oyster, in lieu of Ester, to be explained later. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



31. Other combinations of vowel sounds are represented separately; 
the vowel sounding nearest the consonant being written closest to it. 



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32. In a word of two or more consonants, all first-place vowels or 
diphthongs, and Long second-place vowels, are written after the 
first stroke. 

33. And all third-place vowels or diphthongs, and Short second- 
place vowels, are written before the second stroke. 



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34. Any vowel or diphthong written inside the sign, Ses, takes the 
place of the Short vowel E. 



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£.. V 



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DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



31. Ohio's bayou. Louis' idea. Iowa's oasis. Noah's iota. Leo's aorta. 
Dewey's cacao. Owen's boa. 

32. Jake rolls Bob's big ball. Boyle likes Job Page's rig. Oier kicks 
lazy Elias. 

33. Harry marries Delia Mowry. Burry cures Adam Parks' neck. Luke Shoop 
took Beck's pouch. 

34. 

1. Hoey's speech exercises Howley. Susan exhausts Cicero's books. Laura 
buys Annie six China dishes. 

2. Elijah Leroy sells peanuts. Lucy Maloy makes many nice doileys. James 
loves Mary. 

3. Joseph studies Ceasar's life. Bell receives many pears daily. Judge 
Bauers eliminates Sarah Dow's alibi. 

4. Keyes sings solos. Mooney moves Ella Snair's piano. Hayes makes 
pork sausage. 

5. Lily Meyers studies Chinese. Issiah Smith wrote eight poems. Rob Ross 
chases Spang's big ugly dog. 

6. Moyle's suspicious move caused Ockley's speech. Kelly possesses eighty 
pacers. Schoyer excuses Minnie's mistakes. 

7. Cuba's excise law checks rum's sale. Loathsome diseases rack many poor 
slum boys' bodies. 

8. Small-pox rages in Chester. Foley deals in slack. Judge Haley refused 
O'Malley's license. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 

Use the stroke for S or Z at the beginning of a word: — 
If it is the only consonant. 
1. They say they will sue Asa. 2. We will go to the zoo with Esau. 

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If it is not the only consonant and is preceded by a vowel. 
3. What were the assets of the boy who had the asthma? 4. Ask 

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him if he has" an Estey piano. ^^ ^— y ^_ ) \ 



If it is followed by two vowels or vowel and diphthong. 
5. The King of Siam will go to the seance. 6. The sower has a 



L r - > *» * '—\ 



sore face. °>^ (^ 



If it is followed by a circle or loop. 
7. She says he sighs for the seas. 8. He essays to saw it. 9. He 

J ) . ? ^ K . > . } ' I, - 

sought to save the sofa for Sam to sell. 10. The sick sailor said 

J , - s -^ V ^, , r K ' *- -o r 

he would like to speak to the same lady. 11. The sight, sad as it 

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was, caused us to smile. 12. May I steer the scow into the Sussex, 

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Saul? 13. Stella stuck the stick into the stage-coach door. 14. Does 

?C C -Lr "~ ,n £ fc^ L_ 

he sell sausage in season? 15* The boys are auspicious and will 

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DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



resist you by force of arms, and, if successful, will cause a schism in 



T 

the lodge. 16. Cicero's body is dust, but his name still lives. 17. He 



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will scoop the meal into sacks and store it in stacks in the mill. 
18. What system do you write? 19. They will sell the pears six 
for five. 20. I saw him stoop to stop the ball oh the steps. 

vays use the stroke for Z at the beginning of words. 
Zip is the name of the zak at the zoo. 22. It was ah 

> ' ' -^ ' L it- ' > '~ *- 

}zar passed along the zig-zag path 



Always use the stroke for Z at the beginning of words. 
21. Zip is the name of the zak at the zoo. 22. It was almost zero 

x — feH-* 

as the sower of the Czar passed along the zig-zag path. 23. The 
zealous Jew of Zenda is on his way to Zion. 24. The King of 



f<- 1 



the Zulus had rings of zinc on his arms. 25. Zechariah would like 

to know what the zodiac is. 26. The zany on the zebu had a zobo. 

Use the stroke for S or Z at the end of a word if preceded by 
two vowels or followed by one. 

27. The saucy lassie, Jessie, will give the lazy Tessie a real nice 

' ">' O { ? " ^ jy ^ ** 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



daisy. 28. Although this is a hazy day, Mazy took our cow, Bossie, 

■f- * <" ^ '• ^ \- ^ ... *)■ 

to the mossy bank. 29. Jesse Macy, of Nassau, was uneasy all the 
time he was in Vesey City. 30. The case of eggs which Casey re- 
ceived was in a state of chaos. 31. Elias, will you give me the serge 

^ ) -. ■! " -y jQ r „ — ^ 

on the bias? 32. Bessie Ramsey, of New York, receives a large 

—4- — ^ -I, -* *- "■ / 

legacy by the death of Lucy Boaz. 33. I have seen many scenes on 

^ N I * O } > ^ ^ r~,^" 

the Seine. 34. He will ask the King to sack the city. 35. Sam 

T .. 



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^—^ 



will assume charge of the Asiatic sailors. 36. The Czar will espouse 

^ U / — > j_ ^- ' \ r \ 

the cause of the Shah. 37. Esra will pour the essence of orange 

=: : ^ ki^ ^ )-. ^i 

I* 

which Estella sought, out on the deck. 38. I never saw such a 

/ ^ I ^—L L^ 21 } / 

large sage-bush in my life. 39. Do you think the assignee will espy 



the acid? 40. The Zouaves will assist in the exercises. 41. Elias 



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DICKTE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



lives in a mossy dell. 42. Mary sips her coffee as if she likes it. 

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WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

They or Them ..(... Will . /"T.We or With . .'. .Go or Together. -—-. To. .s . 

The. .'. . What D . On Were. .<* , Of. \. .Who or Whom./.. . 

Had. | . Him, Am or May.^->. If. S- Do. I ..He or Should.. ./. ..Is or 
His.. ° As or Has.. 9. A, An or And ...r Wish or She. .. . It . J. .Up\ . . 
Some or Same.*— n Would. ?. Was. ', .Cost or Caused. - " ^.Because or 
Kingdoms. 77°. Into. ^ Does. . b. In or Any. 77* Are.^Y .You. . r\ . 
By Or Buy. . > ..Have. .V.. .Make. ^r^.But . j. , He will. .ST.. See, Sea or 

Saw. . r . Out or At. 1 . Its or It is. . L. Almost Long or Along. . . . 

Way . ^ Know or No.^-^Give or Given ."~~" All. N Though or Thou../.. 
This is, This has or Themselves . . fo. Hour or Our. .^x. Which or 
Change. . / . . .Me or My. T7?. .Large. ./. . .Many or Money ^t~^s. Much 

or Charge. . /. . About I, Eye, Aye or High. .". . . Never. "TV. 

Allow, Whole or Hole ../?. Here, Hear or Her. . 7\ . Think . ( 



DICKIE'S 8ENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTER II. 

The primary consonants shortened to add either T or D, the 
added sound being determined by the context, are as follows: 
Pet or Ped; Bet or Bed; Tet or Ted; Det or Ded; Chet or Ched; 



\ \ II / 




Jet or Jed; Ket or Ked; Get or Ged; Fet or Fed; Vet or Ved; 
/ _ _ v ^ 


Thet 


or Thed; Dhet or Dhed; Est or Ezd; Zet or Zed; Isht or Ishd; 

( ( ) \ J 


Zhet 


or Zhed. j 



El, M, N and Ar, however, are shortened to add T, and shortened 
and made heavy (widened) to add D. Note that Eld is always writ- 
ten downward and may stand alone: Let Eld Met Med Net Ned Art 

Ard * ^ / r ^ 



D is added to Ing by Dee, as in Longed-^ — Banged 



£ 



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Shortened Ray cannot stand alone unless modified by a hook. 

Way, Yay and Hay are never shortened unless modified by a hook. 

43. They met late last night by the gate and fought a duel. 

{ = r /» — iL !S ^ — lA* 



44. We bought a boat and took some bait but did not get a bite. 

' * * L. - V ■ ' " - ^ M 

45. I assert that he made no change in the affairs of the State. 
' " V ' < n ^ / ± V: ' f 

although he did veto the bill that was passed by the Senate. 46. Lei 



V- — **-*- 



us sit in the shade of this date palm and read the "Times/' 47. Kate 
T - , ■ I L_^ 2 ^ 1 - 

asked Ned if it was necessary for him to put his coat on the 
-Jb ^ ^ ^ ^=» » ^ 1 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



gas-jet. 48. The agent was a rogue and cheat. 

-=*-* — 



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Ker or Ger is added to Ing by lengthening: Anger^^r Anchor. 
Ter, Der, Ther or Dher is added to any other curved consonant 
by lengthening: Fatter Feeder Feather Enter Mitre Shatter Weather 

2^_ 



-J- 



Treat any lengthened consonant as one consonant and write in 
the position of the accented vowel or diphthong. 

H is expressed by a Hay-stroke <S Hay-dot . and Hay-tick • . 
49. The banker is going to enter his horses for the races in 



^ ■* 



the West End. 50. " Hurrah," said he, " we will go home for the 

> ^ £ — \ > ' r-_. i, 

holidays." 51. The heat was so intense that the sailors could not 

<^- ; , ' "' ) ) <-. * ^ ■■ w 

row back to the ship and so had to sleep out on the beach all night. 

<* V_, > — \ — ! — M^ H -r * 

52. "The better the day, the better the deed," is an old saying that 

• ^ |- • y * IL " r t i 

has caused many souls to sin. 53. I will ask Jake's father to ex- 

o , <^=£_ £_ *_ . * ) — £ — ° V ^ 



hort him to study his lessons each day. 54. If it is as you • say, 

_^=> — i 1 fe^p 1 , y „ 2 a 1 

why do you not give your support to the new officers, as it is certain 



they need it. ( > "^ I 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



A light dot implies Ing, and a heavy dot implies Ings when 
written at the end of a word; however, these affixes cannot be used 



to complete the primitive form of a word: Sing ^^ V Ring .^*T!! / 

not ""./.. "not.."-^.. 
Chetoid (like Chay) in place of the Ing— dot. / Imnlip5 , Ine _ thp ' 
Petoid (like P) in place of the Ing— dot. \ lm P nes m S tne - 

Tetoid (like T) in place of the Ing — dot. \ Implies Ing— A, Ing — An, 
Ketoid (like K) in place of the Ing — dot. \ Ing — And. 
Bedoid (like B) in place of the Ing— dot ) Tm _ ]ip _ Tti ~ 1v 
Jedoid (like J) in place of the Ing— dot. \ im P lies in S iy- 

A light dot at the beginning of a word implies Con, Com or Cog; 
Made heavy, the dot implies Accom. 

Tetoid and Ketoid, when used for A, An or And, are always prefixed. 

Petoid and Chetoid, when used for The, are always affixed. 
55. As he was entering the city he saw a boy abusing a mule. 

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^c 



56. Repeating the exercise daily he soon became master of the art. 

^ -^ \r , V,^ ^ - ^ 

67. If it is a nice day I will go far beyond those hills. 58. She is 

— > 



^ — c 



writing a letter to her mother, asking her to go to a boating party. 

A r ^ ^ {_ ^ - — -x \» 

59. The batting and catching of Smith was all that saved the day. 

• v -7 * ^ > X ( ^-K 

60. The fighting army succeeded in getting a footing in the valley. 

: I^_ =1 ^ . S^-gL*. 

61. " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou 

(_^ r\ ^ ( - ^ -f- ; ( 

serve." 62. "Know thyself/' is an old adage. 63. He was wait- 

^^ — 4 r i A - ) 1 

ing and watching, thus doing the will of his master. 64. They were 



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DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



aiding and assisting in the escape of the thief who stole the ; 


money. 


65. The 

• 


committee 

t 


will.be 

r \ 


conducted by the ' 

i. \ 


convict to the 


house 



where the concealed goods are stored. 66. I shall commence the 

t2^L =fi ._) *?> ^ Z. 2-^ 

sale of the confiscated goods as soon as possible. 67. I must confess 

1C — -±1?. =£ o O * ^— ^ <=* ^a_ 

that I have made a. mistake in computing the time. 68. After 

quite a lengthy confab, they decided to confer with the com- 

" £ ( . \ ( -4 ^ ^ ! 

mittee, consisting of the composer, commander and consul. 69. You 

T t > V- r. 

1 *- > *, » s — * a— 

should not condemn the company for not accommodating us in this 

, ~ U \^ ^ " ± ) *% 

matter. 70. I will consign some peaches to you which, I hope, will 



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7 V 

compare to advantage with those of your own raising. 71. I have 

\ - / ' L * f ^s * ' v 

an idea that the cook came by the way of Iowa. 72. It is not cog- 

L: i — g--~^ — 1 #, — , hi 

nate to the subject. 73. He comes of good stock and I esteem him 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



highly. 74. By and by I am going to buy this house. 75. As she 

--p . «=^ > 22 ^" ^0 

was going along the highway she came to a long row ,of houses made 
of thatch. 76. I hope to be at the City Council meeting to-morrow 



'i ' \ v 1 ' 



night 77. In any case, it will be necessary for us to go home for 

£-* W "^1^N . o A. ) > '— , , "s 

Mary's marriage to Henry Lacey next week. 78. Always be just as 

s _j - ^-/ n- ^ *—.. ^> w , 

polite to your enemies as to those whom you love. 79. If you will 

V ■ f w-n . ', £ i n A . ^- - r 

come with me to my home, next Tuesday we will take a walk out 

- • ~ ■ ~ .. ~ | 'r\ "- ) 

into the forest, which, with its natural scenery, will repay you for 

n ^ / U r S r s\. I 

the time consumed in its recesses. 80.- I certainly was astonished 



it this 



at the natural beauty of the hill and will visit this little nook some 

r 

' 



time in company with several scientists. 81. We, ourselves, were 
«^_ \__ V* <±±: x_ ^ s__ 



somewhat astonished at the established order of things. 82. The 

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10 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



subject of life beyond this world has engaged the best thought of 

1 ' ^ ." L ' - — ' v ( > 

the ages; and the hope of being with God forever in His everlasting 

—* -* y_ _^_ 

kingdom, buoys many a soul up above the sordid things of this life. 

JZ. ^ - . r- \ \ v -* t <X 



V^ 



83. She is a lady of a somewhat merry nature, and her language 
is of the best. 84. If you desire to become a speedy writer, you 

' > \ x ^ *T~ \- > ^ . 

must not allow yourself to waste any time, but you must copy the 

^=& ^ l. s H !m « c *=» _^ 

same matter many times. 85. If you write rapidly and make mis- 

■ j * & ^ ^ r ^\ / - ^ 



takes you are not making much headway; but if you write* slowly 
and make no mistakes, you certainly are succeeding. 86. We will 



4=?_ 



> *T .. ' r 



dictate these sentences to you after you have written them five 

L-f- ^ o— P ■ a V a k — ( ^_ 

times. 87. We desire to have you give your entire time and 



thought to the study of each rule as it is given in the several les- 

i > ■* ' / ,/ > — <* 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 11 

sons of this book. 88. The only way to succeed in business is to 

<r t - C I,, ' -f ^ , ^ ~ ^ V 

keep= everlastingly at it. 89. After you have written the first sen- 

•^ v/* ^ ^ , v, ^ * 

tence a few times, you may write the next sentence a few times 

S^LJP ~\^_ ^ o c=* - i~*Z W»- O 3,__ *""» 

also, and thus continue to the end. 90. By this time you should be 

n i L~ , ^ \ 4 ^ „ . 1 

ready to write any sentence in this book, as far as this, rapidly. 

y4 * ** ' ±*^j> " C \ , o i g • C y /yr 

91. Do not think that it is possible for you to become adept in this 

I -* ( ( I v • I „ , V- .1 , ^ c 

art without a thorough knowledge of the rules. 92. Do you think 

^_J JX 2 —^ I . ( 

you know all the rules for the use of the consonants S and .Z? 
> , > -oL^p \ \ 

-n -^_^ _^£ ^, j- U. . Z_* 

93. What do you add to a consonant by writing a small dot at the end? 



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jw. 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Met. .*7> Took. . 1 Did Not. .T. . .Get That. .7. . . Although. > 

Let us ..C. This.. C... For.! ^.. Read, Lord ..?.._ If it. . .. Necessary v^d. 
Put...... Said. .£,.. Home So..). Could I will, Highly./^. 



12 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Is as. Is his, His has, His Is As Is, As his, As has. Has his, Has 

as: . . O. . . Why. ..'./... Your. C .. New, Knew. .^-,. . . As It is. . X ... . If R 

is Be, Object, Objected.Y. ..Beyond. .°. .. Those, Thus./. 

Letter. /....Mother, Matter ^-rr^ Shall, Shalt.. J. ..Thy, Thee.-.V ... 
Cod. .77. These, Thyself. . .V . .After- As.. . . Quite. .77. . .Use, Us. A 



Hope, Patent, Party, .Happy. . V . . . Advantage. ./... Own . i ^ > . Sub- 
ject . \ Come Good To be . V . . To morrow. ^^/. Al- 
ways. ^~T?>. Tuesday. . .1 Natural, Naturally . y, . . Astonish, Aston- 
ished, Astonishment Little Future..^. .Several. .^L.. Few.. l . .. 

Ourselves. r\. . . Somewhat. D . . Establish, Established, Establish- 
ment.) .. Order Y .Thing, ^f. World. . C. Best.V . Thought. ..... 



Being/S-f. Forever, k. . ..Ever Kingdom, Common. 777. Above.V 

Nature. .-_* . . Language, .x^ . Yours, Yourself. . jC.. . Entlre^TTTT. Busi- 
ness. .V. . First, j. . Also./O .Possible. N 5 . .Become\ Without. (. . .. 

Knowledge. 7a . . 

CHAPTER 111. 

Use the stroke for Way at the beginning if it is the only consonant. 
94. Why did he go to the State of Iowa? 95. Did you see Wu 

—, 1 *., ^ 

Ting Fang when he was in this city? 

L. , 



^ =f 



If it is not the only consonant and is preceded by a vowel or 
diphthong. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. IS 

#6. We will await the answer to our letter a little while longer, 



} 



and, if we do not -receive it by the last of next month, we shall be 
compelled to adopt some severe methods in the matter referred to. 

__) — , c ^ -^ ^- — ^— — ^ , v 

97. One of these days, whenever it is too late, you will awake to 

^ I k H L _£ ^ >.. , 

the fact. I 

v — * 



If it is followed by two vowels or vowel and diphthong. 
98: Are you aware that we are now passing into the State of 

^ y ^ r . y ^ \ - 

Wyoming? 99. Have you ever seen the valley of the Wyandotte? 

^^ , V V i V^: W *- 

If it is followed by a circle or loop. 
100. It is not a wise thing to waste one's time talking about 

1 ^ — . > ... ^ C~ 

one's woes. 101; "Wist ye not that I must be about my father's 

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business?" 



-v. 



■^r 



Use the stroke at the end of a word if preceded by two vowels 
or followed by one. 

102. 'Anyway, it will be hard for him to make much headway 



14 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



along the byway. 



\ 



Use the stroke for Way at the beginning if preceded by a circle 

or loop, except use Iss inside the Brief Way when followed by 
T. . / . . D. . J. ..Chay. ./ . J. ./. . F. X. . Y..X. .or Ray.eX* . 

103. The sweet Swede bought a pair of suedes with which to 

'? i v ^ - t ; . 

sweep the rooms of the house. 104. Swaney took one swig of 

^ » li— I..." ^ 



x 



^C7 



•*■ 



swankey, after which he swore off. 105. The swift horse which 

~X__ i / - " V. ' ' •*• *> / 

the suave and swarthy Swede swapped for the house and lot, has 

— *» ^ - 1 X \ s * ,. 

the sweeny. I ^ 

: ^ 

Otherwise use the Brief Way for W. 
Join Way as a hook to El, Lay, M. N and Ray. 
106. Walter Williams sang Juanita last night. 107. The worst 

-^ ^ — ^ H r *% ■ ' * 

whirlwind in many days visited Cincinnati last ' week. 



•tt.^^'t, s 



o'_ q' .-^ 



^_ 



Join Brief Way at an angle in all other cases. 
108. Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth is said to be 

^ r ?•■[.•' \ . 

the result of wickedness in this life. 109. The witch weighed out 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 15 

the meal by the weeping willow and, washing her hands in the 

^r \ \ -<r . -J "> , — 

warm water, went up the walk to meet her son. 110. Wait and 
V~ ^ ~ ^ "-,"?> sV, K . 3 

see if he will wipe the wet walk with his wash-rag. 111. The wing 

of the swallow hung by its side, useless. ? r*~ ., \ [ / N 
^— c 12 - y*? * 

The Weh-hook is sometimes used between consonants, 
112. Mark Twain says that, although he is somewhat unwell, 

_^- ^ 3 * - i , - or- 

he will speak in the Twin City to-night. 113. I will erect a sign, 
whereby the unwary may see the unworthiness of the cause. 

s\ ^y ^ 1 ^t* : n* 

Use the stroke for Yay at the beginning of words if it is the 
only consonant. 

114. Do you see the ewe under the yew by the gate? 115. Miss 

L l —^ C N - ; - 

Ybhe Is going to marry Lord Aya. ^C > •£ 



If not the only consonant and is preceded by a vowel or diphthong. 
116. Thomas Ayer is going to establish an office in Oyer. 

£-» r ° — . . ) ""^ ^ r 

: t_ = i 1 g * 

If it is followed by two vowels or vowel and diphthong. 



16 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



117^ I will visit Yiacoma when in the Orient next month. 

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If it is followed by a circle or loop. 
113. "Yes," said he, "I think Miss Yost went to buy some yeast." 

L I I ^ ^ .. - \ ~ *"., 

Use the stroke for Yay at the end of a word if it is preceded 
by two vowels or followed by one. 
In all other cases use Brief Yay joined at an angle. 

119. Yon Yonson was a youth twenty years of age who went 

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M-J-r 



with Uriah Yerkes on his famous ride to Yonkers. 120. The yawl 

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and the yacht engaged in the race for the Yankee cup. 121. If 



1 — -" ^ ^ -> ^ 



you will go with me, we may have success with him in the matter 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Away. ?\ ... When or We know. 777*.. .While or We will. . :. . Well.. C. . 
Refer or Referred . x<^>. . One or Won.. <t^. .Whenever. .?77V. Too or 

Two. A. . . .Fact. k^. . Where, iS. . .Now. *^\. .We are Aware . (> /. . 

Ye.. V . . . Went,*-* ..Useless. .V-*.. Whereby. c/\. With him. .^.. With 
me, With my of We may. f7?..» 



DICKIES SENTENCE PRACTICE. 17" 



CHAPTER IV. 



When writing the Brief Way In place of vowels — 
Use Weh to represent a dot vowel. 
Use Wuh to represent a dash vowel. 

Make them light or. heavy to correspond with the vowels rep- 
resented. 

122. The police, who were sent to quell the riot, compelled the 
quaking mob to quail under a heavy and rapid fire. 123. Senator 

• ^\; r. 






Quay will see that this city sends its quota to the caucus. 124. The 



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quack could not get out of the quagmire and so the Quaker 

—a - - I ' — L,.'. > ^ 

went in quest of help. 125. The city is equipped with an aqueduct 

_s^ =^ L_A_* 

of adequate size. 126. The squeamish squaw squealed when the 

') • *-^ s— *■ 



t — ^ 



'<^_ 



squib went off. c 

, . ^KE Y 



When writing the Brief Yay in place of vowels — 
Use Yeh to represent a dot vowel. 
Use Yuh to represent a dash vowel. 



18 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Make them light or heavy to correspond with the vowels repre- 
sented. 

127. The steamer Superior sailed to-day for Asiatic ports. 128. The 

• ^ ^ r\ I ^ V, • 

envious warrior, Ulpius, was furious and acted like a maniac, 

x rc ) ^ — ^ c ^^ 

and hid himself in the foliage of a bayan. 129. The lawyer had 



-** — V 

the mail-carrier arrested. ^_^/^V 

Enlarge the diphthong I to the right for the sound of Wi. 
Enlarge the diphthong Oi to the left for the sound of Woi. 
Enlarge the diphthong Ou to the left for the sound of Wow. 
All to be written in the place of the respective diphthongs. 

130. The sayings of Dwight Moody helped to bUOy many a soul 

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up, out on the wide sea of despair. 131. The consent of the wives 

\ ) * io % r x • >v > i 

of the parties hereto is hereby given. 132. They, themselves, admit 



7 



\ 



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that this is the object of the peculiar law that has become so obnox- 



I \ - > \ c *° \ A 

us. 133. He owes it to himself to see that his influence is wel. 

, - -> i - - - ) 4 r ° <r 

;ed. 134. I knew he was a Quaker, because I heard him say, thou, 

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DICKIES SENTENCE PRACTICE. 19 

thee and thy when talking to the dealer in quail. 135. I never 

> —^ y, ^- 

heard him say that he wished to know whose influence was the 

^ - ^ * J - . - « r: i_ 

cause of my acquittal, ° """^ -^ 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Himself .^rr* . Hereto. .A . . Hereby. . jl. . Peculiar or Peculiarity. \ — 

Used. . . a. . . In his or Influence ...Heard or Herd. ,.>.,, Whose., i... 

Wished...^.. 



CHAPTER V. 

Use the stroke for H if it is the only consonant. 

136. Hugh Hay changed to a livid hue when accused by William 

~ ** / -^ ^ — . \ c.- 

Howe of stealing the hoe. -* v •* ^ 

M ^C md K mn " mni * 

If preceded by a vowel or diphthong 

137. King Ahab was consumed by his desire for wealth. 138. Sup* 

~ ^ > ,., x ^ v n, \ 

pose you go on ahead and see if the opposing army Is in the valley, 



■ "Vv ' ' ' " ' -""k/** 



If followed by two vowels or vowel and diphthong. 



20 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

139. The lawyer Hyatt paced the room like a wild hyena when 



he realized the case was lost. 



^ _ ) <• 



If followed by a circle or loop. 

140. Ahas was about to hoist the hose into the loft when he 

was arrested by Officer Hays. ^\ \ v/ ^ 

Use the stroke at the end of a word if preceded by two vowels 
or followed by one. 

141. Thomas LaHugh, of Omaha, and William Keho, of Idaho, 

are visiting in the Lehigh Valley. "^ V /C , ^ 

Use the stroke for H at the beginning if followed by a conso- 
nant with a following vowel or diphthong. 

142. Heine, will you hurry up and help Hattie get this honey? 

s~ r ~ S \ — r\ A - C ^ 

143. The haughty Haley was not wholly convinced that the Hoosiac 

• Si S~ ) S ^ ' ^ 

would bear the heavy weight of the hoisting apparatus. 

y ^ -i : s \a- v 

If it is preceded by a circle or loop with a vowel between. 

144. The Sahib met the emissary of the Sheik in the Sahara desert. 

■ ^ ~ r^ > *- y /' l A 

If P. B, T, D, Chay, J, K or Gay follows H in the past tense ot 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 21 

monosyllabic verbs. 

145. The Indians hooted and yelled as they heaped the heated 

' ^ ^ x ._J ^ ^ 

earth on the head of the hated enemy, 146. They hitched the horse 

x - -i r ^- ^ y . ( ^ ^ 

to a hedge and hacked to pieces the bear that had hugged the little boy. 
^_^ L. -^S-L i ^ J <£ 1_* 

Use the Hay- tick on Way, Ar, M, Chay and J; on the Weh-hook 
when joined to M and N; and on the Brief Way when preceding P, 
B, T r D, Chay, J, F and V. Otherwise use the Hay-dot. 

147. The hoar is thick on the old homestead "hedge. 148. He 

• ^ • C- * i_j±i U . 



bought a huge cask of five-cent whiskey and, whistling for his dog. 



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leaped on his horse and rode away to his home in the forest. 149. It 

^-i — ^ — i* — ^ * ^ 

is just a. whim that causes him to whine when the shop bell rings, 
150. Be that as it may, the natural advantages of the hill led the 

__X_i L. ' ■- / > - r r 

commanding officer to attempt to take it. 151. He took his whip 
and beat the horse because it would not pull the load of wheat 152. 1 



22 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

1m i - i . , , , , , ■ 

received just one whiff of a Wheeling toby which he was smoking, 

**■ /- ^ " v ' ^ ^ j **-i 

and that was enough for me. 153. However, as you are familiar 

— ) ^ C-„ — l * < ^- 

with our New York business; I will give you the desired reference, 

TNj L z ; ^ <^L_^ 

154. If you will refer to Lesson 2 in the Hand-bock, ycu may be- 

come familiar with the rules for writing Is as and As is. 155. My 



cousin has visited many of the large cities of the United States, 



% ~ > < T " : 



among 


them 


being 


New York, New Jersey, Cincinnati, St. 


Louis 


, St. 




( 


V_. 


y 


V 


a — el^f 


y- 














./. 


/x 




Paul, < 


Chicago. Tacoma, Toledo, 


Indianapolis, Rochester 


and 


Salt 


•V-' 


• i 




1 : 




w. <tf 


^ 





La ke City. 1 
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WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Suppose.. N>.. Via Home As it...) Is it. ... .Take.J 

Enough ^^TV.Among^r^^However. L. ..Reference or References S / \j> 

Familiar or Familiarity !w-^ United States New York. ^~f. .New 

Jersey \^f...> 



DTCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 23 



CHAPTER VI. 



When R is the only consonant and is preceded by a circle or. loop — 

Use Ar if . final, as in Sire. ...'. ..Store... r\ . .. 

Use Ray if not final, as in Sorrow. . .'. x . Story.', a:... . 



156. He bought some salve in the store to put on his sore face. 



, ^ ^ « ^ ~>N 




-° *x <.. r 


157. I am sorry that the story that 


Sarah 


related .did not 


coincide with our knowledge of-affairs. 


' > 







When R is the only consonant and is followed by a circle or loop — 
Use Ar if preceded by a vowel, as in Arise. ,\. .Arrows. .~v. . 

j, •<? 3> 

Use Ray if not preceded by a vowel, as ia Rose. .^S . Heese. «\ . .. 

When R is the only consonant and is modified by a hook and initial 
circle; or both initial and final circles, it is written according to the 
accented syllable, as in Cyrene *^V Siren f/V Serious _ .\V... 
158. One of Erie's officers caused the arrest of the Indian :or 

shooting arrows into the herd of cattle. 159. The rays of the sun 

j ^ ^L — 1*_ — = ^i —A. — I — sj^l 

rose slowly above the slight rise in the center of the Ross farm, and, 



^v 



resting a little while on the low roost, moved on in the ceaseless 

' f 

race of time. ^ v I 

! ^1 ^ 



24 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Ar always precedes the strokes M and Iss M, or their derivatives. 
160. I will remit the money just as soon as I move to an office 



£ 



hot so remote. 161 Erasmus may resume the study of the rose- 



) V 



, -r ' 



tnary to-morrow. 



Ray always precedes the strokes T, D, Chay, J, F, V. Ith, Thee, 
S, Z, Ing, N and Iss-N. 

162.' I think he gives the wrong reason when he says the rainy 

1 , - s*^ -\ ^n 

weather affected the rosin out-put. 163. The rosy and wrathy las- 

A ^ ^ I > L -^ L — -4-^ 

sie. arrayed in a rich red riding coat, rode rapidly along the right, 

A ~ si A A -r A s* r ^ ^ 

aide of the road and soon came to the arch made of earth. 164. 1 



t - A 



4- 



A 



beg leave to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 7th inst.. and 

\-^. ~u £1 > H ^ 

tender my thanks, herewith, for the same. 165. Notwithstanding 



L* 



<r 



^ 



^ 



± 



the fact that the objector had knowledge of the disadvantages under 

^ * ^ I ~r ' ± 

which the meeting, which was irregular, would be held, he did not 



L 



i 



r r 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



25 



represent the matter to the pastor in the right light. 



v, 



A 



^r 



The vowel governs (if preceded by a vowel use Ar, and if not 
preceded by a vowel use Ray) In all other cases. 

166. The rogue was continually ha.rping on the fact that he 



^T 



must keep the reeking ark in good order. 167. The rash Irish youth 

^ ^~ ~^ "^ x .O I 

was high up in the rigging of the ship, real early in the day, as 



1 



1 



J- /f -v 



the enemy raked her fore and aft. . ■■ s~ ^ Vf -, 

Always use Ray after Iths/.M^v^M-Iss — ^ Ray //.Hay <C ... 
168. As Mary Morrow, of Missouri, was on her way to see mis- 



jL. 



* — \ 



) 



erly Horace Thayer, who teaches theory bookkeeping in the rear of 



(y ■ >' k. 



\: 



the bank, marry Sarah Henry, of Mars, she stepped in a miry pool. 



^ ^S 



_p 



J 



\ 



v-* 



The vowel governs in all other cases. 
169. Far away in the distance were seen the fair hills of Wales. 



v^ 



T 



170. The diary of the daring sailors who were on the ferry-boat 



26 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Jerry, that was wrecked in a furious gale off Port Perry, shows them 

±- J ^_ r \jt wT v v \s u L_ 

to have possessed stamina. 171. The uprising in Scrosis was of a se- 

— 1 — Sp ^ „ ' \s - u> ) ' 

rious nature. 172. We saw him ourselves, several hours ago. 173. "A 

^ - » ^ ^ ^ 1 — * 

thing of beauty is a joy forever." 174. You should be ashamed of 

V — — c L^_* o^_ A 

yourselves for being so irregular in your visits. 175. The Boer 

— L i ^; -vl t \ x \ 

leader, commonly designated "Oom Paul," was already held in awe 

'jC ZL ^ _. v ) : y- ' 

by the armies of King Edward. 176. I do not know who influenced 

\ . w s — •/■>-„ 1 "^ , ^ 

him to use such common language. 177. Larry Berry, of New 

-^ - ) — ^ — — ^-* ^ v — ^— *• 

Derry, Ohio, will represent the large real estate establishment of 

[/ * r /\. i ** } ) -1 

Thomas Herlehy, of New York, this year. 178. Do you think you 

^ ^r - ■ v C " „ L L^L- 

are familiar with all the rules as far as page 124 in the Hand Book? 



i*=» — _ — I — ^-u — ^ y & 



179. Hire's Root Beer is delicious and is sold at most summer re- 



^A 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 27 



sorts. 



Sometimes it is expedient to violate the rules governing R at the 
end of words to insure legibility, as in Poor — ^^c— — Pure — \t^ — ; 
in other cases, where a strict observance of the rules would necessi- 
tate an outline which would extend too far below the line of writins, 
as in Shakespeare- . .^v-/-x 



CHAPTER VII. 



Always use Gay, Ing, N or Iss-N after El. 
180. Joseph Lyons, of Lockport, Louisiana, left a legacy *o 

Lynn Lang, of Allanport, Indiana. 181. While lingering in the 



wLv^-JJ X 



vicinity of the lonely log-house with his luggage, the laggard's leg 

was hurt by a huge log. ) <^ \ ^ <^1. 

The vowel governs if followed by K or M, 
182. Alexander Loomis, of Lakeview, says that, if he is elected. 



28 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

he will use all his powers to have the obnoxious laws eliminated. 

V ) - *__, S 'V-7. C ^. K 

183. The Allemanma offices in Elmira were illuminated out of re- 

^- "■ z^: 1 

spect for the visiting officers. 184. Alack and alas! the limb of 

A- I, V "^ „ _ a Ji ' ^ > 

the elm on which Lem was sitting went whirling past, swept onward 

£. / r^ ) "I „ X ^ ^ ^ 

in the now madly rushing and swelling waters of the Mississippi. 



Otherwise use Lay. 
185. The llama poised for one instant on the edge of the ledge, 

• ,^~> ■ ^ v .* ^ : t v /7 

high up in the Alps, and, just as Algy Leach was about to take aim, 

- \ ^ A * A " > ^ I ^ 

leaped far out into space and lodged among the leaves of a lilac. 

^ . i -? t- ^ .— . ^- ' ^~ 

bush - ^ X 

Always use El after Ing, N or Iss-K. 

186. Nelly Langly always scowls when she has to scale fish. 

187. He exhibited much skill as a sailor when commanding the 

; « 2i= / ^ ^ *T\ w *. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE 



29 



sloop in a squall on the Nile last month. 



ft 



-^- 



The vowel governs if preceded by F, V, Ray, Hay or Wer. 
188. Do not fail to go into the valley for fuel. 189. Picking up 



>' - ~ n 



^^-i 



i 



v 



a rule and file and whirling them above his head, Tom Foley 

^f £_ *£ _L Y ' L ^ 

hurled them into the face of the officer who had fired the volley. 

r 

Otherwise use Lay, except when shortened to add D. 
190. The Apostle Paul wrote many epistles. 191. Tillie's mark 

• v v x? , ■ v ., \r ^.r- 

in spelling was above, not below, the average. 192. While it did 

— V ) \ " yr • i .. r > ' 



v 



v 



not get absolutely cold, still it became much chillier and caused the 
jail-warden, Kelley, to ask the mail-carrier to shut the door. 



±? 



-a 



U 



Always use Lay for L, and Shay for Sh, in a junction. 
Always use Shay after T or D. 

193. Henry Welsch was hit by a shell at the battle of Shiloh 

■ ■■' S > ' x r { ^- ^l 

while he was lying in a shallow pool. 194. Elisha Doesch will enter 



a 



b> 



30 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

the two hundred yard dash at the picnic to-morrow. 

— s — ~ — "t V I 

Otherwise use Ish or Shay, as convenient. 
195. Josh Billings will speak to "Jewish Society" tomorrow 



V ■ r- \- 



-f-4 



night on the "Life of a Peasant in Russia." 196. Dolly took the 

: ^ * v, - ^ > . £" ^_ 

dish and went to the store to buy some mush for Edward Nashings, 

-5? — 



u ~ . -^ , S ^_U 



but she lost her cash in a fish box on the counter. 



-y 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS FOR CHAPTERS 6 AND 7. 

Time ...'..... Next. ^?.. Weather or Whether. "X .Affect or Affected ..W.. 

Ago. >Ati . . Soon . .*^-. . Acknowledge . 77. '. .Instant or Influenced 

Thank, Thanked or Thousand... (... ..Herewith. .. .^...Notwithstand- 
ing. .TJ7. . Disadvantage. L . . ..Under. . >^. . .Regular or Regularity. /7T*. 
Held . Y. . . . .Represent or Represented /\. Must. ^rs» . Order . A . Your- 
selves Jo... Irregular or Irregularity^^-. Commonly. 777. . Already or 
Awe .'.... Such.. /"...Year or Years. 
Average ...V Hundred. ..>•.. ...Yard .. rv . Just./ 



> 



PART II 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 38 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Any consonant except Hay, which has a hook; M, N, Lay, Ray and El, 
which take the Weh-hook; and Ish, which takes the Ar-hook; and S, 
Z, Ar, Way and Ing, which take no initial hook, may take the 
El-hook, which is small and written on the circle side. 

Any consonant may take a final circle or loop. 

197. He was not able, because of the difficulty in calling the 



T— ± 



meeting to order, to place the matter in the hands of the committee 



, ^ 



on claims. 198. Uncle Mitchel is going to give Aunt Rachel Black 



. — r — ^ — T 

a copy of the Bible, on the title page of which, in beautiful old Eng- 
lish letters, Will be her name. 199. It is officially estimated that 

*-+?s~ s\^ ^, i '^y ^ i 

the total out-put of pickles by local establishments fully equals, if 



h^ 



not doubles, that of any one community in the United States. 

_ ^ ^ *■ 



h 



200. When the agent comes to tap the till they will tell the officials, 

-* / - . i [ I I V 



t 



after which, with the evidence already in hand, it will not be long 

•i / *^-2 : 1 \ ^ 



34 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

until the thief is arrested. 201. With a woful look at the ireful ai*d 

r. I' y - — • X^i \ 

radical Chloe, the vocalist meekly unclasped the shackles. 
^^~~ — ^r= ^— '■ ^^~^> ^ / — ~ * 

A large hook (initial) on M, N and Ray adds El, which is read 
after the consonant to which it is joined. 

202. Kimmel originally intended to pour the enamel into the 
barrel with a funnel; but, fn all of his attempts, he only succeeded 



in smearing his wearing apparel. 203. Amalek was relentless and, 

^ °^ ' — y yv x c ^ ) >^g ■- 

in a reliant mood, went up to combat with the Children of Israel. 

^ V" ^ ., N , v ! ZL_JC 

204. After his analysis of the amalgam he said that it was analogous 



to petrified hemlock. 205. At a given signal he came diagonally out 

- ^ <^~> 1 " *^' — U_, ) 

of the mouth of the tunnel- on an unlovely animal, which was not 
unlike a camel. < ^ / ~~ 



When a Dot vowel is to be read between a consonant and an 
El-hook, convert the vowel into a circle and 



JHCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 35 

(a) If it is long, write it before the consonant. 

206. I feel confidenl they will fail in the attempt to have the 

' ^ ^ £ 4 - L • . y 

law repealed. /C~ x^ 

1 —* 

(bj If it is short, write it after the consonant. 

207. Telemachus was delegated to compel the surrender of • the 

k^ ) ^. , $ ^- ' 

enemy. 

^ — ' y 

(c) Where these rules are impracticable, write on the most con- 
venient side. 

208. The calisthenic Caliph, calling for his callous calumet and 

"-£ ^v * — U . 

calash made of calamus, went in quest of the calabash. 

"C7 " -^ *' -* — " ^5^ 

When a Dash vowel is to be read between a consonant and an 
El-hook, write the vowel through the stem. 

209. The colloquy between the collier and the colonist, which 
was held under the collonade of the Colossus, was of a colliirsWe 



±23 : tn > - ^ 



nature. 210. It will culminate in the culpable goldsmith, whose folly 

— , C ^,^ -\ *~\ * ^ 

led him to attempt to fool the port officers, being adjudged guilty 



f 



36 DTCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

when his case is argued on the following Wednesday. 



^3T 



P, B, T, D, Chay, J, K and Gay take the Ar-hook, which is writ- 
ten on the opposite from the circle side. } 

211. During the progress of the review, the Principal will be 

1 U - ^- * d. 

present and will lecture to the class, however small the number of 

V S- r\ , ^^^ — ^ x ; 

members present may be. 212. I have your letter of recent date 

_x \ v ^ \ , \^ : €L l. 

in my hand, and regret exceedingly the fact that you are unable to 



do anything for us in the matter referred to. 213. I do not care 
to discuss the truth of the charge that he is violating his contract 
with us. 214. I agree with the teacher that the preacher made an 

• > r • ^ • ; ' > - 

egregious mistake when he referred to the Major as a robber and 



loafer. 



^1 



F, V, lib and Thee take the Ar-hook when turned in the oppo- 
site way! 

215. I am authorized by William Frye to say that it will give 

-> -y \ £, *\ , ) <■ f — 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 37 

him great pleasure to hear your lecture with reference to the liquor 

- - ) > ^ r r~ 1 - /^ , ^~ 

problem. 216. The Friar refused to eat the fricassee which the 

V.. ' "S -^ l >r — i- 

frisky freebooter offered him last Friday. 

> V "> - r % , ; 

The Ar-hook is written on the circle side of Ish and Zhay. 
217. The artist gazed from^ the azure skies to the fresh grass 

' ^ -+> "v j - , — ^-^ 

and, taking up his brush, proceeded, between pauses, with his crayon 



> 



of the usher. > J 



Widening Wem and Wen changes the names of the signs to 
Mer and Ner. 



y' y . l — * ^ ^ 



218. The manner in which Dr. Tanner received the banner from 
the donor at the dinner, was remarkable. 219. The hammer which 

t i L > ^ , — ■ ^ r 

Homer Reymer threw through the window, nearly put an end to 

^ ^ ) 1 ^- V , ,, „ 

Mr. Kremer. <r ~ x t-*"*^ 



When a Dot vowel is to be read between a consonant and Ar- 
hook, convert the vowel into a circle, and, if it is long, write it be- 



88 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

fore the sign. 

220. Charley Garing, of Carson City, is very careless in hand- 

^ — ^ — ^^1 3_^r 

ling the many peerless jewels that are entrusted to his care by their 

y — ; ^ >« ^ ^ * - \ .) 

owners. 



If it is short, write it after the sign. 
221. The character witness was not permitted to offer any 



evidence in the case of the perjured barracks officer. 



* 



Where these rules are impracticable, write on the most conve- 
nient side. 

222. While on his way to Brazil, Mr. Kinnear, the maker of 

r ' ^ , v- ^ --v • _^- v 

chiffoniers, was captured fc by buccaneers off the coast of Central 
America. 223. The Ameer is suffering from a slight attack of par- 

- &—. * ' ^ L — fa 

alysis, due, no doubt, to the intense heat of the tropical sun under 



teat or tne tropi 

"I ' t 



q-^ ^ 



which he labored incessantly for the past few weeks. 



l ^ ^ W 



When a Dash vowel is to be read between a consonant and Ar- 



piCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 39 

hook, write the vowel through the stem. 
224. I admit that the course which the purser pursued was not 

■t- ' — t v ^ t- 



^r 



in conformity with orders received from his superiors. 

Brief Ways and Angles are written either through the stem; 
225. The twelve jurors required by law brought in a verdict ot 



* 



not guilty in the case of the engineer who was charged with criminal 



t— * 



neglect. *- 



^ 



Or at the beginning of the sign, if first place; 

226. Owing to my inability to get the quality of silk desired, 1 

am unable to complete the quilt for the child's bed. 

Or at the end of the sign, if third place. 

227. One of the remarkable features of the art course this year 

~ > ^ ^ : T , ~ c " 

will be a lecture on "Verdure," which promises to be edifying. 

'r\ r*\.' ^ / V, x ^ 

A 

228. I assure you that I will use my influence with the cashier to 

-t — . ) ^_^ 



4° DICKIE'S. SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

procure the place for the demure miss. 229. Aguinaldo did not 

*A X k ~ ^ ' ~ 

seem disposed to accept the generous offer of amnesty from the 

^ K ' ^ ',- ^ * -1- V 

United States authorities, fearing the many followers of General 

_-_4 S - - \ '> 

Luna, whom he had treacherously killed some months prior, who were 

C, ' — f jt — "~^ \ ' < 

loitering in the vicinity of Manila. 230. If I remember correctly 

r~ ^ ^-r N "**■ „ ^ \ t±ki 

quite a number of the principal members of the Society are well edu- 

r \ ! 1 \ : Jr ->> r 

cated; many college principals, teachers and other members of facul- 

H - - V N 7 1 — ^-^ 

ties, being numbered among the officers. 231. For an instant there 
was a low rumbling noise, somewhat resembling distant thunder, fol- 

— ^ ^\ ** — ~ ^ I (^ 

lowed immediately by a terrible report, and the old castle was no 

* ~ \ 1* ^ a r ^-)_ 

more. 232. The Apostle Peter was crucified in Rome by order of' 

^ •• V- v ) ^-^\^ - 

the brute Nero, and buried on the site of the present St. Peter's 

V V vi * *\ * X., "^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 41 

church. 233. Mr. Weimar brought several articles home with him 



from the North that are beautiful evidences of the whittling proclivi- 

^ — -^-^ } ' ^ 



% M v , , ^ 



ties of the Eskimo girls. 234. The drink problem is certainly a 



> -)~n ^ . ' " ^ V 



very great and difficult one, but it is a problem with which we, to-day, 

^ -. - "■ + TL • ^ * > 

have to deal. 235. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." 

_L_^J^ ^ ^^ S ^t- \s 1^ 

236. What a beautiful sight met the .gaze of that great concourse 

- 7 ^ l _ ■<+* 

of people that thronged the approaches to the city (for so many 
months the object' of the attacks of the marauding Filipinos and 

=±3. \ - ,L; > ~* • V - 

* I 

heartless guerillas infesting the forests) as Old Glory- was flung to 

y- ^ ^ ^ ) « r <S ) i 1; 



the 



breezes from the flag-pole. >o ^ 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Difficult, Difficulty c_. . Call, Equal, Equally. .". . ...Full, Fully. 5s~ 
Only.. C^r. .Till, Tell, It will. ..f . . They will. . V . .Until, At all A 



42 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

CLs c i 

In all Character. 1 Went. . w. .Under. .«*-< . .Nature. .^. . .Led .,/',.. 

Principal, Principally, Principle ..\. .During...!.. Member, Remember, 
Remembered. . A . . Number, Numbered, Brother.. /Y . . Mere, Mr., Re- 

mark f^. .Unable^7\ . Care. err. Truth, Contract. . . I . . . Pleasure /..... 

From . .?\ . .Manner, .s^r. Remarkable,. . . A . Through, Threw. . .). . Very, 
Every. . \j. . . Their, There, They are . . ./ Owner, In our Ac- 
cept..^. . . People. A • -Able.X 

Note carefully the distinction between the names of signs repre- 
senting a consonant and hook; and those representing two conso- 
nants, as in Pel..\...Pee-Lay.Vr...Sher..^....Ish-Ar..^.... 

The outlines of words containing the same sounds and* therefore, 
that could be expressed by the same characters, are determined by 
certain laws, governing Legibility, Speed, etc. (see Phonographic 
Orthographer), so that the student should be very careful to use the 
outlines as given in this book, especially in the case of words con- 
taining the sounds of W, Mel, Nel, Rel, R, L, F, V, N, Shon and Tiv. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 43 



CHAPTER IX. 

Iss is sometimes joined to an El-hook sign by writing it inside the 
hook. 
237 It is the desire of the physical director to erect a bicycle 

I \ > ^ V ^ ^ 

this 



riding school in this city in the near future. 238. The supple dis- 



ciple was preaching the Gospel in the peaceful village by the lake. 
239. The rascal refused to pay the bill for supplies for the classical 



part of the course, ending with the fiscal year. 

_^ =±£ ^ * 

Iss is prefixed to a straight-line Per-sign, if the sign is initial, by 
closing up the hook. 

240. It does not surprise me in the least to hear that he is on 

_J L \ - ^~ , ^ i 1 

another spree. 241. Suitor, the gold-seeker, unable to secure a 

«. ' ^ m ■ 1 ' - r.r — \ > ' ■ 

claim, went back to his sister, a sicker and sadder, if not wiser fel- 

low. 242. A few of the straggling troopers were struck by stray bul-, 



--' L. K. 



44 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE 



lets while attempting to cross the swift stream 
\^<p -t-S,. ^ [ *■ — •* 



■x- 



Or if it is preceded by a straight stroke in the same direction. 
243. The prosperous Senator was greatly distressed, and offered the 

: X v - - > -r I ±_ 



bell-boy a five-dollar bill to bring his passports to him. 

^ V ^° \ .-■ — 

If it is preceded by a stroke in another direction, write inside, 
the hook. 

244. I saw the contempt expressed in the face of the crusader as, 
bestriding a milk-white charger, he twanged his bow-string in the 



^ - L, ' \. - 



very faces of the beseigers, who occupied the superstructure. 
-1} lb !_ \ l ^ % 



Write Iss inside the hook on curved consonants. 



S 



7*- 



245. The designer eouJd not extricate himself from his prostrate 
and distressful posture and so, in his extremity, was compelled to ask 



t 



the orchestra leader to help him out of his difficulty. 246. The horse 



^ 



was a high stepper and went up the steeper paths like an old 

> - \ - . \ A 



*r-~* 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 45 

stager. 274. Mr. Sanner is one of the signers of the paper which, 

*/ <r^ « > „ <sL* > v / 

• / X ^ 2= — ^ L— 

sooner or later, will be presented on behalf of the prisoner in the jail. 

^ ' ^ ^ V,. ' \ * ^ - K 

248. The smoking stubble almost hid the tall steeple from the view 
of the watchers in the stable. 249. The atmospheric pressure was 

• > ~ ( - ■ — —^- — y± 

such that the barometer on board the Bosphoms. was rendered abso- 



lutely worthless. 250. We do not propose to have any driveling, 
trifling loafers in this school, under any pretext whatsoever. 251. Mr 
Frick is a very capable and influential person of remarkable 
oratorical powers who will, in all probability, speak at the mass meet- 



^— A — *=+ 



ing to-morrow night, on the subject of reciprocity. 252. The ob- 

^/ ~ — : i — ^) » — - 

streperous prisoner stood at the extreme right of the rostrum and 



ried to 



.M- 



tried to frustrate the attempts of the depositor to demonstrate the 

£_ ^—4 > I ^ 



T 



4G DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



truth of his remarks with reference to the forger. 253. In the strug- 
gle between the North and the South for the supremacy, the North 

^ ^ „ ^ ■ *,, v^. • «-r 

won the victory after a terrible and disastrous war. 254. What 



t 



would be the result if a force irresistible came in contact with an 
object immovable? 255. The cyclist disclaimed all knowledge of the 

^ "\ x • *~ *> v v ^_ 

splicing of the saddle-bow with the shoe-string of the disagreeable 



i ' t ' ^ 



his popularity with the common people, but it will have nothing to 



soprano. 256. It is possible, though not probable, that it will affect 

v l x — < " V ( f i 

puis 

-A 

do with his place among the influential citizens. 257. The whole 

I ' ' N. ~ ^ "^ — ^ 

civilized world held up its hands in horror at the massacreing and 

^ r r\i - % j _ 

scalping of Custer's command and the awful atrocities committed by 



the Indians. 258. The stranger strangled himself by fastening one 

— ^-* : — t- — t , ^ ^ ^, ^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 47 

end of a strap about his neck, and the other to the top of the strue- 



etc 



ture, and striding off the stretcher. 259. The "Tigers," arrayed in 



flannel, horizontally striped, were strung along the bleachers, waiting 

^ <* C , U ^ > L_ 

for their coacher. 260. Hosmer. the rower, put on a gossamer which 



his trainer had placed in the shrubbery for him. 261. The sopho- 

L-| — ^^ -{ ^ '-$* 

mores tried to suppress the supper and were debating the mo^t feasi- 

r - v x , l v ^ V 

ble time to ignite the fusible cap, when the faculty appeared and 

' ^T"^ ^ *" 

thus destroyed their opportunity for success. 262. I left my satchel 

^ ^ * , I " ,r ^)L " *^" ^ ./* 

in Seigel and Merkes' cigar store, after which I started out to see 
n>= ^ ■ °A i / " i I , } 



the beautiful parks surrounding this historic old-world city. 

— £ — ^= — ** — c- -vr" ^ — L*. 



48 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTER X. 



In, En, Un, An, On, Han of Hun is expressed at the beginning of 
any consonant with an initial circle or loop, by a small hook written 
in the most convenient manner. Ins-Ray, because of its slant, cannot 
be mistaken for Chens -Eshon. 

263. The unsoberly and unscrupulous inscriber was unceremoniously 

— *£ , ^ ^ ) \. f ? 

hustled into a hansom at an unseemly hour of the night. 264. In 

«?■ ^ • ^ I ■ ^ s ' '". 

some manner he had secured the rod from its insecure resting 



t 



place and, when asked for an answer, made no uncertain onslaught 
_^_ w l_ V, , y ^_ ^ £ 

on the instructor. 265. In supplying the uncivilized peoples with 

_j l_ s: -^ \, • 



t 



bibles from a hand satchel, the insuppressible, agent was insulted by 



\ 



^ .. y* : %, /- > ^ \ 



savages who were incited to it by traders engaged in selling slaves. 

_4 --* * . 1 W, —7 ^ <fV 



T 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 49 



CHAPTER XI. 

The El-hook is enlarged to add R, and vice versa; the added sound 
always being read last. Widen Mel and Nel to add R. 

266. He is truly happy who is conscious that his conscience is clear 
with respect to the moral law. 267. The burglar was an abler 

'■ *. , ^ ■ <r Y ' • i_ ) ^ 

wrestler and tumbler, and nearly succeeded in eluding the frail jug- 

gler. 268. The moralist agrees with the clergy that clairvoyance 

c LL- x — — ^ _2-=£_ 

should not be tolerated. 269. After several pastoral visits, the pas- 

— -^ — t-* s— i, — \, \ ' v 

tor induced the scholar to enter the secular schools. 270. Mr. Cot- 
^ ^— . . . ,.. <^ 

trel, the florist, says that he was a witness to the thrilling railroad 

^ • ^ 3 ) y , 7 ^ 

catastrophe last April, in which the saddler and bugler were hurt. 

■^-^ ^ £ ^r — —^ 



271. The fiddler called to the idler to help him carry the mandrel 
to the cobbler's shop 272. Dr. Kroll has very liberal ideas in regard 



50 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

to the cure of paralysis and cholera. 

> *-, v V ^=-* ■ 

Add All or Will to simple consonant and dash-vowel word-signs, 
and to Ketoid, when used for A, An, or And. by an El-hook, as in 

For all. .\... And will...*: — .On all , and to a full-length Ar-hook 

sign by enlarging the hook, as in From aIl..??V... 

Add Are or Our to simple consonant and dash-vowel word-signs, 
and to Ketoid, when used for A, An or And, by an Ar-hook, as in 

.... Of our ; and to a full length, small El-hook 

sign by enlarging the hook, as in For all our...>- 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 
Chapters IX., X. and XI. 

Direct, Directed I Near, Nor Surprise. . A>. . Another. v 

Expressed. \ . . . Sooner. Propose. . \ . . .Whatsoever. . t 

Capable, Capability. .7~V ■ Influential Believe. . \. . .Probable, 

\ 



Probability. . \. . .Popular, Popularity. A. . . .Supper. . . \. . .Appear. 
Opportune, Opportunity. A- • -Partiei 
Doctor. :■ . . . .April. . \ . .Truly. . .0. 



Opportune, Opportunity. A- • .Particular. Particularly Start, sj. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 51 



CHAPTER Xll. 

A small final hook on the circle side of any straight-line consonant 
adds the sound of F or V. 

No curved consonant takes an F or V hook in the corresponding' 

style. 

273. Jeff drove the calf over the rough grave and it, coming in con- 

/ fc _ ^ >e ~* 1 — ~ 

tact with a loose block, hurt its hoof. 274. Chafing and raving under 

L " j~> ^— >> It t ** L y£- w- 

the rebuff of his chief, Dave gave the scoffing Gough a cuff as he 



rowed the skiff through the rough surf. 275. It will serve the chef 
right if the Sheriff sells the roof over his head before the success of 



<t 



his scheme is achieved. ** """^ 



-#- 



Write Iss inside the F or V hook. 
276. The brave Cliff puffs his pipe, doffs his hat and coughs, as he 

• \. ~ v. • \ t • j ^ 

bows to the assembled people. 277. The cliffs and bluffs are infested 

-\=r-» — h — - 1 -* — ^ — ^ ~^ "~V 

with myriad doves, that may be seen from the vessel as it arrives 

c «-^ I: * ~ \ ^ -\ V. ) S „ 



52 DICKIES SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



in the cove. 278. I believe the gruff and bereaved caitiff is seeking a 

^ -r-x 1 ^ a=± "V ~n: ° *-' 

suitable epitaph for his departed wife. 279 The sheave has many 
grooves in it and is made of tough stuff 



The F-hook may sometimes be written in the middle of words. 
280. The General arrives with his army on the banks of the river 



and, calling a halt, goes into bivouac. 281. The chief's clerk has 

-* — « ' — ^^^ x 2 <- 

access to the tariffs in the archives, and devotes his spare time to 

-* - l> ^ "v. \ ' \ ' - 

this part of the work, thus obviating the necessity of hiring another 
person. 282. The giraffe's hoof went through the top of the bee- 

_!^ -i* ..* ^ _2 C "* ^ 



7^ 



_, ^_ 



hive and caused the upheaval which. I believe, was the cause of the 



devotee seeking the cover of the river 



4^i^ 



If the sound of F or V is followed by a vowel at the end of a word, 
use the stroke, as in Coffee '. ^ Heavy. <<V^... 

283. From Parkview to yonder coffee field; Murphy is lord of all he 
^ ^ ■. ■*-^ r ^- ,c - «*V ' ^ .* , 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 53 

surveys. 284. We had the not very edifying spectacle of the nervy 

■XV- ■■ i " ^ ^ W > iL 

and huffy Harvey pouring the beefy gravy into the Java coffee. 

■^ ^ — v } V ^ n (_ ^ 

285. Whatever you do, do not defeat your own purpose by braving 



' - i ^ - v N ^ 



the wrath of the rougher classes who now almost revere you. 
> 



^4 ^L _£>- 



A small final hook on the opposite from the circle side 'of any 
straight-line consonant, and on the circle side of any curved conso- 
nant, adds the sound of En, as in Pin.^.-. .Fin. .S^ . . . 
286. John Alden was the name of the man who was sent by the 

J—^ — I — ^^ — - 5 — — _N__ 

Captain to pop the question by proxy. 287. Ben knocked Dan down 

-j ■ \ - x S- v - j. j 

with a ten-pin and caused him great pain. 288. The plan of the new 
^ — W ^ — 



inclined plane has been drawn and, it is generally believed, among 

^- \- ^ 3.1, y ' <y _ , 

men best entitled to an opinion, that work will be started within ten 

- \ 7 , ^ ( .y rK T C i. 

or twelve days. 289. The clown, who was a member of a Scottish 

' * •!■'> — =, « Z ' V- 

clan, had a garland of full blown roses on his clean shaven crown 

. I - ' t \ X ' ■ - 



4 



54 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

290. The removal of the wagon served to weaken the breastworks, 

^ V=5 ^=— 

so that we were compelled to waken the General to obtain his con- 

> l ■ * ■ - ■ ' ■ \ ■ 

sent to the driving of a wooden. stake in the ground to prevent the 

^_ k ! — J± ~=- *"* „_ !w_ 

widening of the breach. 291. The startled roan ran through the 

_2 - ^-* : — / ^^ 2— 

rain along the banks of the Rhine, until it came to a fallen rock that 

■^ «=7 — V_> — ° ^7 ■ * — 

had been hewn from the base of the cliff, and then, with an almost 

_^s -\ V T ^ 7. 



t 



human moan, sank down on the lawn. 292. Governor Warren, who 

____ ■£=£& *^r— J — — * =F^ J 

was sworn into office Monday morning, is a man of brain power and 

< <T "1 "^ "7- ^. - ^ Y ^_ 

keen insight; and, so far as is known, is a firm believer in the rights 

■— 1 . ) t * ^ "^ \/ ^ A 

d 

of women. 223. I have often attempted to learn phonography alone, 



and have even succeeded in getting over as far as lesson seven, but 
I can truthfully say that, in my opinion, Dickie's Sentence Practice 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 55 

of Graham Standard Phonography makes everything so clear and 

* ~- ! L ,^ -y, ) ^- 

plain that no scholar should be without it. 294. Dr. Ethan Whalen 

\ ( ^^ ^ i_U L^ "r_ 

is going to discuss the question as to the possibility of the heathen 

i (T , / ? a ^ 

entering heaven. 295. The craven showman would not remain in 
the cabin with the sealion for a moment, and thus it was that the. 



^ 



old seaman made the remark that he had better stay in the state- 

r ^ ~ ^ [ ■ v r- -* -f 



room among the women and children. 296. The weighman called 
upon the women and said he had no remembrance of having done 

\ ^ Ij ^ \ _k L_ 

any work for the naturalist on the previous Saturday, other than to 
haul a few logs out of the reach of the swollen torrent but, there- 



-^ 



t 



fore, begged to differ from them and say that he had a bill against 

^ - I- ( . ) i i v -^ 



that worthy. 297. The Cyrenian sailors exhibited much concern lest 



^t y ' v^ rr^ ""^S j. ^ r 



56 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

the siren on the rock should divert them from their sworn purpose. 



\r 



298. Mourning because he had been shorn of his locks, Sampson 

— <** — — — -j- — ^ — - — a — ^^ 

was led away to turn for his Philistine captors. 

-> 



} < -> - ^ ^ ^ -^ 



Use the stroke for En at the end of a word if it is preceded by two 
vowels or followed by one. 

299. The company, consisting of Fannie, Jennie, Minnie, Hannah, 

v — f - ^ <■ ~ .- 

Leon, Leander. Allan, Johnnie and Heine, are collecting money with 



which to purchase a piano for the new library in Olean. 300. It was 
a very good crayon, representing a Christian facing a lion in the arena 

in the early days of Christianity. ~^Y~ fc 

Use the stroke for Ens, when following a curved consonant, so as 
to avoid change of outline in the formation of derivatives which would 
necessitate the use of Ses, St or Str, as Consciences. 4P. .Minces 



Convinced, ^rrf^ 

301. One of the best evidences of his insincerity is the confidence, 

convenience and ease with which he commits an otiense against 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 57 

his own conscience. 302. I have assurances from all that they 

' ~ ^ « & ^ i 

have been subject to annoyance long enough, and that an end will 

s v ■ -^ - -" l ■■• 

be made of this nuisance. 303. The romance culminated in the 

_£l» I ^_, „ : ^? ^-^. ^ 

fencing master renouncing his faith and being pronounced a heretic. 



\ 



Write Iss inside the En-hook on curves; and sometimes in the 
middle of the words. 



304. The moans of the victims in the mines were the means of di- 

^p& _ J__ $ 

reeting the drayman's course in the darkness. 305. The commission 

1 U^ -* .i_ » : — i — 

of Thanes will convene in one of the fine old vine-covered castles 



of Cedric, to consider the question of assigning the property to the 

^J=^ i— i \ ; 

Normans' emissary, who will arrive in the not very distant future. 



^ A 



On straight-line consonants 
Iss written in place of the En-hook implies Ens. Pens. .V.. 
Ses written. in place or the En-hook implies Enses. Penses.d.. 
St written in place of the En-hook implies Enst, Ensd. Penst-dJ 
Str written in place of the En-hook implies Enster. Penster^.Cli., 



58 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

306. As the horse prances along, the Princess is conscious of the 

^ <\ ' ^ ° Jy 

many admiring glances of her entranced subjects. 307. The dunce's 

~ -^ _ ^ ^i k_^ • A- . 



e- 
dance was the subject of much ridicule on the part of the punster 

h — >• ^> / — ^ " -, - — *i 

from Kansas. 308. Mrs. Jones says that Miss Spence never rinses 

-> _^ , ' "1 S * ( ~ A • -A /° 

the pan that contains the prunes. 309. The plans of the Prince to 

— ^ i — v* — • v - ^ 

have the officers see that each private cleans his own guns, has 

X, 4- ==> -pa a- 

soived two very troublesome questions. 310. Captain Kinser found 

^ ■ ^ u - — - ^ - 

the lonesome landsman in the mansard of the old manse. 311. There 

^H t^ ^ r ^ y J^^ 

is no doubt but that the clownish Finnish miner, on board the Cunard 

. ' -y V ~ V ^ 

Liner, will be punished by the Spanish Government for selling v/hiskey 

^ r\ £ N y y^ — y, ^ 

to minors. 312. It is proposed to move the gunnery, hennery, can- 

^^ 1 \ ^ ■ -r o" j 

nery and tannery away from this part of the country and this, of 

— a_ — >, -> c y > ^_i 



DICKIE'S- SENTENCE PRACTICE. 5* 

course, will necessitate the removal of mechanics, canners, tanners, 



i£ 



•h 



etc., etc. 313. The plenary powers of the Governor does not war- 



f4 



rant this penury. 314. Mr. Reineke bought a bunch of spinach in 

<, v „ ~ ^- < ? ,; - 

Munich from a Canuck vender. 315. \While the runner was taking a 

^_ ~> - _^. <^, ^ ^ ) L_ 

message to Mr. Barnum, he was poisoned by a venomous snake. 

~? ^ \^ ^ x ite **=, 

316. The millionaire, who lost his wealth during the panic, married 

^~JC^ <_ £_ £3 £ Y_ ^\ 

the milliner from Rankin. 317. Moses and Aaron, were prominent 

• ' ^ y> — >r "V- ess* -^ c ^<~~>^ 

characters in the march of the children of Israel from Egypt to the 

rzl - _/ > / " X -, /; 

promised country, Canaan. 318. The roll-turner said he had never 

"^ -/ - ^» • "V^ f^ rk_ 

operated a planer, although he had worked in a machine shop. 

-% v- — * — , — • ~ v- — 4-, 

319. The cringing kleptomaniac was very candid and assured the 

_JZ -x ^ ^ > "> -r • £ 

bench that she would restore the fringe and furniture to the rightful 

> w - — \ > > — C- 



60 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



6wners. 320. The bevy said they would drink no coffee if it was 

__ • \ f ( , ^- ^ ^- - ) 



proposed to levy a heavy tax on Java. 321. The changing of one of 

. sx sX. \ ' / „ • / • - ^ 



t-e — 

the stanzas in the paper led to the discovery that Jim, the penman, 



f 



V 



was the culprit. 322. Slowly the balloon ascended from the barren, 



) C -^K 



\^ 



■^ V 2 - 



famine stricken region and soon was beyond the reach of the cannon. 

v L-> ^ . ) ^ si > 

323. General Chaffee is a man of very marked personality and the 



points he advanced were devoted chiefly to a defense of his own 



> U • t < 



views. 324. I have secured the Canadian, Mexican, English. Ger- 

.-W* ^ ,/ v , — ^-^ y A-, 

man, Belgian, French and American papers for my patent pen- 



* 



.3: 



-V 



T 

holder. 325, The craft, containing the hraves of the Hurons, led by 

'y^> -^ J V_! J^\ 

White Beaver, who, before the settlers could escape to the cavern. 

1 v , v f - -U . j 



massacred tne men, women and children without mercy, hove in 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 6* 

eight. 326. The officers of the defunct combine assumed a defiant 

-3U ' v / <^- ^ , u ^ 

air when brought before the commissioners who had been appointed 
by the Court. 327. Miss Ellen Stone's capture by the brigands is 

-A_^ ~ r h s N ^ ^ 

a source of great anxiety, not only to her family, but to the whole 

* «= a ^_j , ^ 

American people, who are endeavoring to raise the ransom de- 

<~- 1 2 ^ > S ^ 

raanded. 328. It is as vain for any one to attempt to define the 

(_ y b L_k ^1 . U . t^ 

divinity of God as it is for any one to attempt to explain the exist- 

^ • x ~ j i ^ . L . -^ -?■ 

ence of Satan. 329. Kaufmann Bros, are the agents for all makes 

LjU ^ x ^ *> ^ - 

of bicycle paraphernalia and optical apparatus. 330. Origen was a 

' V- \< ^' ^= vt - > t ^ ) 

famous writer of the early church. 331. The exponent of reciprocity 
4V ' 



"V / , ^ • ~^ ^ 



wishes to explain the cause of the expense connected with the ex- 

i 2» a 1 ■ ■ 

punging of the names from the records. 332. It will be difficult 

-> > ^ -v — £-* ^ — 



G2 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



matter to prove Councilman Muller clear of the charge of taking 

— - V -^ ^ *~ * y— U 

proffered bribes. 333. Whichever you decide to take, the cost will 

V 



\ 



A. o »y 



n. 



be the same. 334. The privileged professor made a profound bow 



V^ 



— ^ — V 

to the privy council and then, amid a profuse shower of profanity, 



^ 



ir-^f 



leaped through a convenient door and escaped. 335. Mr. Beveredge 



l_^± k^_X^ 



announced that he would defer debating the subject until some future 



f 



-^r 



time. 336. "A man convinced against his will, is of the same 

_U — — ^ ^_^ — i — ^_ 



opinion still." 337. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, conflict- 



<r 



-v 



ing, or that may conflict, with the foregoing ordinance, be and are 



% 



X 



hereby repealed. 338. Perhaps his remarks concerning the unsafe 



^c 



^A 



o tf-b 



•^ X 



appearance of the bridge had better remained unsaid. 339. The 



> 



drayman differed with the traffic manager as to the regular charge 

±~ L 1 ~7 « , s~ . / 



^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. G3 

per load. 340. It is my opinion that the forger is hiding either 
within the tower, or in one of the many dungeons beneatn the old 
sunken castle. 341. Calling • the class together, he proceeded to 
instruct them in the principles of Graham's Standard Phonography. 

_i L_r \ s ^v v, K 

342. I have known her for some years and can truthfully say that 



^2 



j^=_: ^ 1 1 



I believe she has a larger practice than any other woman physician 

l_s — ^ — ^ ^ — ( ~ ) — ^ — ^_ 

in this vicinity. 343. If any one enrolls in our private classes in 

— -¥• 2~&S ^j--, -^ z= £r—- 



phonography and evinces a desire to study, we are sure he will 

l "^> l^ . -r ^ 9 r 

succeed. 344. I am convinced that the disgraceful affair in the con- 
veyance did not have the connivance of the Jones brothers, whatever 

v^j, ' " ^ ^ : *L ^ L_ 

others may think. 345. Charles Espy visited Troas last Saturday in 

3 - ( * .? \ ** ,} r } ~ 

quest of relics for the new Technical College which is to be estab- 



V - L— ^ 4 



64 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



lished in Athens, but he was utterly disappointed, 346. Many of 



6 



t 



the parks within close proximity to the City of Pittsburg, among them 



^c=- 



^- — ^ 



1 



being Calhoun, Southern, Kenny wood, Schenley, Allegheny, River- 



T 



z_ 



view and Highland, are very easy of access. 347. The mysterious 



>r> 



^ ^ •)• 



<^ 



^ 



disappearance of the prosperous grocer has created a profound furor 



^w Kj/ 



in the beautiful small hamlet of Wilkins, in the township of Milliken. 



^— - 



± 



348. Whichever railroad you finally decide to travel over, you should 



^ * ^ \ > I 



not neglect to stop off at Niagara and Chautauqua before you return. 
349. The beautiful romance of Ramona and Alesandro is a story ot 



^t 



^F 



village life in the early days of Southern California. 350. I believe 
the doctors gave notice that even the women and children in the 



* ~n 



w 



/ 



hospitals should be given not less than three weeks in which to be 

^ f 



^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE, 65 

vaccinated, and that failure to comply with this order would be 



severely punished. 



V-*- 



Women General, Generally. . .J. , . . Can, Question. . ,___,.. Down. 

Done. J Plan. . v . . .Been. . \ . . .Opinion, In one. Any one 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Gave =>. ..Before. .\> Arrive, Arrival, Arrived Cover- 
Whatever...// Man.^i.. .Men Human. 1JAi , . Woman. <■ 

\ 

Work..*^ . .Within. . .V. . . .Monday f Morning.. <^r>bJ..Known, 

None. r>^j?. .Often. Phonography. . No. . .Learn, Alone. ./.. . . .Even 

Over. ..'... .Truthful, Truthfully. . .1. . . .Practice. .\... Standard Pho- 
nography. . .Vo. .RemainTTW*. .Children../. . .Upon. \ . Remembrances, 
Remembrance. . !\. A . .Naturalist. . yr. ...Saturday. . |. . ..Other. .A — 

Than . . / Then .. L Therefore ...).... Differ, Differed, Difference, 

Differences , . .1 . . . . Against. . — «,. . Christianity , Christian Con- 
sider. . I. ... Of course Advance, Advanced . . I. . . .Combine, Com- 
bination. . . . r Family. . . .^. . . . ...Clear Which- 

ever. ./ . . .Appearance ..... Per. .\. . .Either. /. . . . Pittsburg. .\ . . 
Return TV;, , , ^Failure. . ,\ 



66 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTER Xni. 

A large final hook on the circle side of any consonant signifies Shon. 
351. In open violation of the conditions of the evacuation the di- 

vision began the ascension of the elevation; in spite of the expostula- 



tion of the member of the legation. 352. I had no intimation of the 
assassination, "owing, to the obscurity of the mission station, until 

4^ ■■ - ^. > ~ > r 

after the expiation of the crime. 353. The oration delivered at the 

— ^ ±3s> _!=2^ : 2 £ ^_ 

legation, upon the occasion of the coronation celebration, has at- 

-£^l ^ 4=p 1 : C *~" N ^ 6\J o 

tracted the attention of the nation. 354. The Doctors requested the 

_±a : -^ . l /*t 



% 



co-operation of the population in the subversion and eradication of 

— -^ — \* — — — ^y ^4=, — - 

the disease, by the adoption of the petition submitted by the demita- 
tion, calling for the fumigation of all places of habitation. 355. The 



^ 



-*- 



DICKIES SENTENCE PRACTICE. 67 

resolution calling for the resignation of the Pension Agent, and the 

,.x°< — V ^-^ : V-> /, _ 

selection of a commission to inquire into his defalcation, was the sub- 

J — 



^^3 i-l 



ject of warm discussion in Monday's session. 



Write Iss insfde the Shon-hook at the end of words. 
356. Owing to the machinations of the judges of elections, the oper- 

J ) — . • ^g> — J. LS. . "\? 

ations of the politicians were restricted by injunction. 357. The 

- \ . SL, ^ %, > L 

several visitations of the Bishop and the revelations he made of the 

* v r : i . ^ - - - 

conditions of the heathen nations and the many conversions to 
Christianity every year, resulted in an increase in the donations to 

Ln n_i ^ ^ -^ ^ k • , 

the cause of missions. 358. The practitioner and auctioneer were 
— ° ^<^> 



H- 



-, * 

received as probationers by the missionary. ,359. With several cau- 

^ . y ^ ££-. 1-JL 

tionary remarks not to bother tlie petitioner, the divisional com- 



68 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

mandant set the extortioner free. 360. Occasionally we meet with 

i ^ X a - - ' 

a professional man from the Congressional districts who is irrational 

^r ' ^ ■ -** I • ' 

with reference to the Provisional Government. 



^ — , — v 



Use Shen for Shon 

When this syllable contains the only consonant In the word, as 
in Ocean.. <?: . . . 

When preceded by Con, Com, Cog or Accom, as in Commission 
When preceded by an initial circle, as in Session'. . .J, .... 
3G1. Quite a commotion was raised when the flag-ship Constellation 

-■/ 1 £ ~ • p> 



^ 



received the commission to cross the ocean and put down the insur- 



rection. 



When preceded by a combination of vowels, to insure legibility, as 
in Deviation. \w to distinguish from Devotion. .1 . . . 

362. His devotion to the cause would not permit him to be guilty of 

— fa J ■ ■ v - \ T ' 

a deviation from its pri nciples. T ^ L V r 

5 



When the primitive ends in Ish, as in Diminish rTp . Diminution 
363. There was a diminution in the supply of rations issued by the 



b " * ' * • N 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Kussians. ^g} 



A large final hook on the opposite from the circle side of any 
straight-line consonant, signflies Tif or Tiv. 

364, The executive was very liberal in the use of expletives in his 



) -> ^ -* ) - n -n 



language, which was invective. 365. The active and demonstrative 

— / ^ ^ ' -> H 

captive, while inclined to be talkative on most subjects, was not 
very communicative with reference to the probability of the course 

^ .^^ --I , ^ : =- 

of the fugitive. 366» Irrespective of party, the American people 

_I , V », '^\ \ £^= ^~ 

should negative this attempt to defeat the purpose of the elective 



* \ ' *> 



franchise. 



^ 



Write Iss. inside the Tiv-hook at the end of words. 
367. The sportive operatives, after applying restoratives to the vic» 

tim of the joke, with no apparent success, dispatched a messenger 



t 



for the doctor, who prescribed more effective sedatives. 

— ^ — ! — jl — ^\ «*> ^ • j si *. 



70 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Use Tef 'for Tif or Tiv 
After curves, 

6G8. The inventive proclivities of the natives were positively a sur- 

— •■^■r ^ ' -* - \ -v 

prise to the General and served as an incentive to the adoption of pre- 
i / ■ S - ^ , ( 



\3" 



ventive outside competition laws for their protection. 



nri % 



When preceded by a circle. 
369. The inquisitive and restive Steve made several very suggestive 



f 



remarks during the progress of the festivities. 370. The creation 



-t = 

and temptation of man. and. his subsequent condemnation and ejec- 



tion from the Garden of Eden; the conception, incarnation, humilia- 
tion. crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the redemption 
and salvation of the nations, forms the basis of the Christian re- 

-^ I ^ ~> V y ■ ~ 

li^ion 371. The representative made a passionate appeal to the 

c^ ■ ■ ^ V 



^X 



T 



members to make all sectional questions subjective to the national 

> - s *■<- — * ^- 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 71 

good. 372. The mental condition of the phonographer, and his ir- 

L-4, l—> k : <^ ^_ 

rational behavior, are the objections raised against his phonographic 
notes. 373. In spite of his admonition about the continuation of 

-*^ ==^ ^ — 4? — 

such extortionate prices, there was no diminution in the sales made 



f— "% 



by the auctioneer. 374. The talkative and refractive scholar did not 



know that declined words have, in Latin, seven cases; Nominative, 
Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, Ablative and Locative; and 



that Latin verbs have three moods: Indicative, Subjunctive and Im- 

^r-== V — 



uaiiu. veius uave uxic 



perative. 375. The measure was duly passed upcn tne representa- 

iz^ : J ) \r \, ^ ^l_ 

tion of the Senator that the objective end in view was the subjection 
\ v, ' s- o ^ ^ i^ I L 



of the bandits and the instruction of the. natives. 



• f; ' -T. 



* 



72 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Join Shon to a final Iss by a small hook; vocalize by writing all 
first place vowels before the hook, and all second or third place vowels 
after the hook. Make plural or possessive by writing Iss inside the 
hook. 

376. It is not known what disposition- was made of the deposition 

L- IT u > — 1^_ 

after it came into the possession of the opposition, but the common 

i — - — i- ' Sr - ^ - ~ 

supposition is that it is in the possession of the physician. 377. The 

_4 - t ^ \ > Ss - 



supposition that the annexation of this territory would cause a sue- 



k * , w- I uL 



cession of secessions, resulted in the decision which created such a 
sensation. 378. The organization, known as "The Association for the 

-«-=-*• p ^-g a i£L -^_ 

Colonization of the New Acquisitions," met last night and heard the 

4 — ; ~ A - > — *"* - <*■ *" . r^ 

accusation against the President. 379. The compensation which he 

-* — -^ \ v • — ^ — j^ 

receives for his process for the utilization of the condensation in 

-^ i. ^ i , i^ I L -L 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 


73 


the steam engine, has caused the mechanician's transition into a dis- 


believer in labor organizations. \y ** — /^\ ff 



T, F, G or K, or combination of them, preceding Eshon, may be 
dropped, if legibility be not obscured thereby 

380. The persecution resulted in the utter devastation of the little 
island, and the consummation of a transaction whereby the ques- 

— * ^— 



r 



<r^> 



tions of taxation and boundary are forever determined. 381. For 

: — i =** ^— K: 1 — " ^ 

his own justification I have no hesitation in saying that the decision 

-/- ' ^ s n -J ±- 

was not made until after a thorough investigation and examination of 



I ~ P_i L^ :v 



the specifications, according to classification. 



\ 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 
Chapters Xlll. and XIV. 

Condition . Aj . . Station U . Deliver, Delivered I Occasion, Occa- 
sionally. —-?. Attention Lj> Agent, o . .Inquire, Inquiry ^^ Irrational. 



74 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Irrationally. . .</. . American, America .<r>r-r-. . Purpose. -\ . . . Positive, 
Positively. . N». . .Forms. .P.... Subjective. . o . . .Mental, Mentally. .^>. . . 
Phonograph er.srf. . Phonographic ^stt - : .Objection . V? . .Measure. . .J. . . 
Representation .^NslRepresentative.^rT^.Objective.. a Subjection. .\j. . . 

Organization .Determine, Determined, Determination. ...\ 

Hesitation. .<V. ..Investigation. ?7^\». Examine, Examined, Examina- 
tion ,cr> . . Specification . ,\. . .Accord, According, Accordingly. ,?T . . . 

Add Have to the perpendicular sign for I; Have or Ever to the 
signs for Which and Who; Have or Of to any full-length straight-line 
consonant, to the horizontal And-tick, and to the dash- vowel word- 
signs by an Ef-hook; thus, I have , Who have, Who ever. C. . . 

Each have, Each of . A . . . And have . .^> . . .All ol To have.v*. . . 



Add Own to full length consonants, the dash- vowel word-signs, and 
the horizontal And-tick, expressing Our, by an Bit-hook; thus For 
our own. . .fN. ..A.11 our own ....... And our own . .<r? 

Add Than to any comparative, without a final circle, loop or hook, 
by an En-hook; thus Better than ..VJ^T. . More than . .o. . .Greater 
than, rs^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 75 



CHAPTER XV. 



Widened M indicates the addition of Por B, as in Damp.) 

This sign takes a final hook only; in which case it may be halved 



to add T or D, as in Impend..;? 



382. The physician- looked at the lump and then diagnosed it as a 



ri i & — I — £=~ 



severe case of the mumps, which caused me to decamp. 383. The 



S • ' -* ' 



temperance orator, who was elected temporary chairman of the as- 

^ 1 A *T U^ ^ > 



t 



sembly, was an imposter of the worst character. 384. "Impeach 

■\ ) ^ ■ * > -1, !2_ 

me if possible, impair my chances for re-election if you can, but 

n__^ — -^/^ j — v a^ — ^= — ■_ 

preserve my reputation at all hazzards," importuned the humorous 

— k_ _^ p d S^ -^-^^r rnrrt; — 

embezzler. 385 The impetuous Emperor, impelled by a desire to 



^ ^ -r \ 3) 



impugn the impecunious, though ambitious ambassador, erected an 

— -g — *=** — i — - — ^i ^ • 

imposing and impenetrable rampart about the temple. 386. The em- 

-w ' K. — — 



-\ 



76 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

bargo was lifted and the vessel empowered to embark for the camp 



- > ^- ) 



■*.- 



with a cargo of embellished shields for the warriors of the encamp- 
ment on the embankment overlooking tile lUver Don. 387. The 
police consider the arrest made behind the postoffice to be an import- 

V L^L_ * \, \ ~ 

ant one, and say the prisoner may be made an example of to others. 

— ■. ) ^ — — — - ^ - 3* 

388. The tramp, who lay in ambush behind a clump of bushes, await- 
ing the arrival of the pompous bounty jumper, heard somebody ap- 



y ^ ^ 



<r> 



proaching and, in his efforts to decamp, fell over the hump into the 

swamp. 389. The simple import of the communication is, that owing 

^ _ -^ V— 

to the tempestuous weather of the past month, there is a temporary 

^ 3 US 



S ^ '• v 



slump in the shrimp market. 390. When I asked for a shampoo, he 

A -* ^ ^, s ~' 1 ^ ■ J^. < 

struck his arms, akimbo and commenced to lampoon me. 

JL* — ~^^^ ' — ^^ — - A- ^* 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 77 

P is usually omitted in such words as Assumption. -.i-^ . Redemp- 
tion. ?U^. .. 

391. The bumpkin was very bumptious and Sampson could not re- 

V— ) "1 



Hr 



sist the temptation to show his contempt for the humbug, by attempt- 

si- i^ < J* U \ u^. \ k, 

ing to throw the pumpkin at his head, 392. I was laboring under 
the misapprehension that Thompson had undertaken the assumption 

^■o ( ^ i 1 -U 



of the note. 393. The resumption of work in the construction of the 

> y . l_ib s </ ^ 2^ LL. 

new postoffice, until after the imported laborers have been discharged, 

is considered one of the impossibilities in regard to the strike. 

1 s^: - ^ ' x 

394. He jumped on board the steamboat with the empty trumpet case 

^L i, _iD 9 n- -L- . 

and stumped his toe against the coal-box, thus causing him to limp. 
^ *L ! fc =7S ^~T^ ( "T" ^ , ^^ 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 



Case j,. Repute, Reputation ^*\ ..important Importance. 



78 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Maybe, Improve, Improvement, Improved .^—*» Example, Sample.. 



Behind Somebody, .err?*, . .Simple. Z .7. . Import . T7T. . Communi- 
cation .^-^r^.Undertaken. . 73 . . .Post-office. .V Discharged, Dis- 
charge. . I. . . Impossibility, Impossible. ..... Impossibilities 



In regard 



Emb may be used in the second position as a sign for May be; 
We may be added to this sign by Wuh, the context distinguishing 
whether used for Wemb or Mer. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 79 



CHAPTER XVI. 

Treat lengthened consonants as one stroke and write m the posir 
tion of the accented vowel. 

A vowel written after a lengthened consonant is read before the 
added sound; therefore, write Center. * — ^ Senator. . «^_^-. . but 
write Sentry- • *~^1 • Wintry. ...'.... 
395. The entire matter was referred to a committee composed of a 

— _ ) y\ , . T ^ 



Senator from each of the Northern, Central and Southern States. 



om eacn ot tne Nortnern, uentrai ana soumern biaies. 



396. Walter took the lantern and there, weltering in his own blood 
beside the Lutheran Church, he found Arthur with his skull crushed 



\ .~ / 



-*# 



by a huge boulder. 397" Your favor of recent date, enclosing policy 



X J ^ „ <J ^ f ^~^ 

for $600,000, for which accept thanks, was rather unexpected by us. 

i ^ > < L > ^ ^ ^ 

398. The other day we received another order from you, covering 

(. l_l_d ^ ~"\ ^ _^L 

the same material, and we are not quite sure whether you desire two 



80 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE, 

or four hangers. * i, 

% ^->- 

Shel may stand alone only when lengthened. 
399. The minister will tender his letters to the Commander when 

r i., r , ^ - 

entering the neutral territory. 400. The banker is greatly embit- 



tered against the motorman because of the death of his mother, and 

=, ZL, ZL-1 | . ' ^ 

a feeling of animosity is engendered between them. 401. The longer 
he looked at his mitre-box, the angrier the carpenter became and 



X-* vL 



r 

the louder was his denunciation. 402. Andrew Anderson, the book- 

,S^ .) \-, . 'e,, „ ^ ^_^ ' \^ 

binder, is art old offender, and was arrested in his bindery and taken 

< - r -^ \ * ^ V 1 

to the Central Station. 403. While the subaltern was meandering 

, ~t r, „ ^ ^ > ,^ 

down by the theatre, he saw the philanthropist exhorting the sentry 

j v C 1, ^> -** n 

not to be such an inveterate drinker. 

~ \ ' ^.| *-» 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 81 



You may add Their, There or They-are by lengthening a curve. 
404 If there are any of his confederates in this vicinity they will 

- ^ ~ * s — v ( 

soon show their colors. 405. While there is no reason to think 



there is any cause for anxiety, still there is a possibility that they 

— i ^ -^ ^ L 

may sell their stock in the pen-holder. 

r ^~~ ? 

Own. On or In may be added to any sign expressing Ther by an 
N-hook. 
406. If they are in good condition and are from their own farm, and 

V^ L c rx i 



they do not desire them for their own use, we will take them. 

ir ^ — i — _^_ — ) r i — u 

407 They will leave there in their own automobile about the middle 

- i — ^V ^ — ^ ^-3_ 

of winter and, when they are in need of supplies, will order from us 

^ . ^ 1 £ r "^ ^ 

but if we cannot fill their orders, will have their goods sent direct 

' ^ ~> ^ "^ ^ _ ... 1 

from the factory. 408. While the burglar engaged the man behind 

I — L — *— ^ l — — <=» 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



the counter, his confederates entered the residence of the banker 



r 

from the Federal street entrance. 409. For the furtherance of the 

H_ t a. r 



^ 



^r 



scheme it may be necessary to send the missionary, Mr. Snider, farther 



into the interior. 410. The lightning was bewildering during the 

n ^ • /" >■ ^~ ±1 

progress of the thunderstorm and so we sought a sheltered retreat in 

%-* - (-su . ) - ~r . ,yi ^ - 

the cleft of a huge boulder. 411. If you devote longer hours to the 

C t 



J v* 



=± 



study of "Desk Practice" you will complete the course in shorter 



1 



J_ 



•^ 



j£L 



% 



^L 



time. 412. Henderson raised his rifle to his shoulder and the canary 

1 , ( ^: V, A J" y, ^ _ __/ 

fluttered to the earth with a shattered wing. 413. Please fill their 

\ , ^ . * - J- ^-* ^ ^ 

order for meters, motors and ammeters, and ship at once. 

:X^_— 2i_n ^ ^-l — j— 

414. Neither of them is entirely free from a certain Hankering after 
notoriety. 415. The migration of the people from Egypt and their 



^cA 



3 



N > < 



fUCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



83 



wanderings and sufferings in the wilderness of Sin is a wonderful 
story. 416. The neutral nation is in danger of being torn asunder 



JL 



I 



J^J. 



1— 

because of sundry open violations of the law. 417. The centraliza- 



tion of the forces of the >, Astronomical Associations, which was de-> 

'h~^r> , 4^ 



k. 



f 



cided upon at yesterday's meeting, will result, it is hoped, in a 



t M ) 



r ^ i 



\ 

wider distribution of N astronomical literature. 418. Philander and 
Alexander have applied for Letters-Patent on their centrifugal pump, 



a wonderful piece of ingenuity. 419. I had a conversation with the 

- — i— - 



% 



:x 



negro preacher in which he said that the Moderator informed him 



\ 



^ 



(, -r— ij 



7" 
that there was literally no money in the treasury wherewith to send 



M 



tf' y •* , ,-, 



the medical missionaries back among their own people. 420. While 

-*• -^ v_ - ■ * — ^ C- 

the singer was sauntering past the smoldering ruins of the slaughter- 



^ ) < 



V—? 



84 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

house, a flying cinder entered her eye. 421. While Mr. Shatter's 

— • ~ * 1: 

pony was cantering along the railroad track, it was struck by a 

X— J =*, ^ ^ 1 I L-A 



an haul the waterm 

4- — =» 



shifter. 422. Rather than haul the watermelons back to the commis- 



sion house, the hucksters offered to dispose of the entire consign- 



^ - J- 



r ^ 

ment for a small consideration. 423. Whether the weather permits 

or not, I propose to continue the search still farther East. 424. The 



slender tendril was ruined by the upsetting of the tankard of nitric 

■~ ' > > .*» N > ' U- •>— 

acid from the top of the ladder. 425. The Senator will endeavor to 

.^ . ^ t; > r x ' ^-^.r ^/ , 

secure the passage of his bill, providing for the equipping of all trol- 

ley, cars in the State with fenders. * f -f c i^^ 

— "[ __ — _ r „ g ' ^ — ¥> 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 

Entire, Entirely. > T~^. .Rather. 7>s . .Expect .. \ .. The other. . 
Another, Enter, Entered >^-rr< . Material ^~/~Sure. J. . .Longer 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE 85 

Direct, Directed . . . J. . . .Further, Farther. ."!%. . Neither .Certain, 

Certainly. . <*?, ..Distribute, Distribution. A. . .Among their own^r^^? 



CHAPTER XVII. 

Do not shorten a consonant to add T or D, if the sound of T or D 
is followed by a vowel: when T or D is final, do not shorten tne 
preceding consonant if both preceded and followed by vowels, or if 
It is followed by two vowels. 
426. The lady saw the empty bucket where Fido had left it, under 

a shady tree in the back yard late in the afternoon. 427. A mighty 

{■ ] - v^ - - -* ■ ~3_' 

wave of enthusiasm swept over the meeting as the corporal an- 

nounced his motto. . *~\ 

428. Druids, Dryads and Naiads are supposed to have exerted a my s- 

i [ - i T % * - ^ - n - ' 

tical influence over mankind. 429. The cheat was not discovered 

^ "> ^. „ • '' ) U— 

until the cheetah had been led away by the wily Arabs. 430. The 

-j — ■■£ — \ r -> N ^ \ - — L 

quiet poet was annoyed and gave orders that no rowdies should be 



66 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



allowed to eater the building in the future. 431. Amid loud snouts 

— ^ > ^--. ^ -.-L-.—.-.— ^ -» _____ — jr ^ — 

the procession, led by a lad of about twelve years, began the ascent 

4 s L-_-J-~-_-2i-____ — I. s J_ «. 

of the old stairway. 432. Pastor Jewett took his text from the 1 : ::: 



y-* — - — V — / — ~~\- 

of Jude last Sunday morning. 433t The clergy and laity decided 

£ f* ~T <r-*. x °>^' _^£3__-4. 

last night to unite in a determined resistance against the allied forces 

of the enemy, arrayed against them. 

■> .^ >i _ , ( , 

Use Ted for the syllable Ted. 
434. We note that you have knitted the needed mitts for Ned and 

he will be greatly benefited by them. 



When T or D is added to a consonant with a final hook, read the 
added sound last, unless followed by a circle. 
4*35. I need not add that the gentleman who called to see about that 

•- .i * — ■' ■ - - ) > ' 

little account was very impatient and threatened to adopt stringent 

^ - ) "> - » -t; ; ~ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



measures to secure its payment. 436. The mendicant, standing 

— **m gr- 



^ > <T ^_ < k Vr. y, 1_I -^," 



upon the stair-case, was soliciting small amounts from the kind gen- 

\ -\^ ) <1 <rT „ -y -w 

tlemen who happened to pass this particular spot. 436. It certainly 

/ \ X ] 

> > — V- 4 -* — -J ^ 

was an auspicious moment when he offered his amendment to the 

~u^ ^ ^ ^_ 

resolution calling for the erection of a monument to the eminent in- 

-^ — — K ^ N ^ , ^,. 

ventor. < — i.v^" 



Do not widen Wemt or Went to a,dd D; otherwise these signs could 
not be distinguished from Merd and Nerd. 

438. Mr. Murdoch's reward was a meritorious one. 439. All that 

— c*y _ ) -<ry% — s— <^r- \ 

was mortal of the martyr was carried to tne mortuary. 440. As the 
/. — I *==. > c^/ x <*— 



honored guest neared the stand, Ned, with an inordinate desire to 

=S £__^ ~V-^- 

j 
behold him, leaned far out of the window. 441. In order to expe- 

> - " SJ ^' « — ^ -•% 

dite matters, he accordingly moved that the winding up of the affairs 



88 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

of the Society be referred to a committee of three, consisting of the 

> f \ ^ - - T - )• . f > 

physician, electrician and attorney. 442. It was patent to the crowd 

' > H i— j. N , ■ ^ 



that the occupant of the tent was an arrant coward and they showed 



i ~^ * i- ) ■ ^ _* L 



him scant ceremony. 443. Blood-hounds were turned loose to scour 

*=* a-- «-7-i—^ ^ ^Sj s L£Z t ^°> y ° w 

the surrounding country for the fiend who had made a murderous 

2^, =^1 — _U, * *=. c+S? — 

attack on the Reverend gentleman from Ireland, crushing his skull 

,L " <*" * ^ "> 3 L-^ 

with a blunt instrument. 444. When I opened the package I found 

— — 2£ k — * H-I * \ * v*. 

the coat, which I had sent to the laundry to be cleaned and mended, 

, r i -■ : ^ \ ^ 

in a state of chaos. 445. If the lady in the chintz dress, who attends 

- ■? " -^- ^ ^ -* ' l < i- 

to the plants, needs any funds, the committee will be glad to vote an 

-_ ^ "-" ^ : ! nu > * — 

appropriation for the carrying on of her work. 446. I believe that 
the agriculturalist told him to graft the tuft into the rift and so I 

^ r- - „- l- ^- ' , > 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



80 



do not think that he should object to the contemplated expense. 

1 ( < t ^ » U^ . -x 

477. The aggrieved party was impatient and raved like a madman 
when the constable served the writ on him. 448. The haft of the 



4 



s A 



P. 



knife, which was heaved up on the raft and which was so beautifully 



f 



i 



^ 



carved, was sent as a gift to the Governor. 449. The impassioned 
g I ai: s= ! •■ - ..5 M x 



^5 

orator occasioned great consternation when he cautioned his audi- 

^ - == b r e • > 

ence against the impending catastrophe. 450. The manager mo- 

- — "7 ^ 

tioned to the auctioneer and he immediately auctioned the cushioned 

> ■ = =. — 

pews to Mr. Jones. 451. She found the wallet lying athwart the 



■^ 



^ 



•i*- 



windlass, high up on the walled enclosure, just as the sun waned and 

JL " \ " * ^ * • ^ ~ - 

she, of course, received the reward. 452. He answered by writing 



a separate article which, I apprehend, will exert an undue influence 

i 

i — __ — y I ^ 



/ " V-j r 



90 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE 

on the Assembly. 453. The quaint and silent pageant reminded one. 

— — — -^^~*~~ — : -z* . ■ — — ^r -■ ■■ * ^-^ « 

of -some gaunt -phantom, as ft wound through the fields, already 



i 1 ^ ' 



whitened with ripened grain. 4M. I may not be able to be present 

__ _ , T-7-»jv ■ , , , ___ — ^-J.~™_ — —J^™™ J-_^_ 

\ 

upon the occasion of the dedication exercises, but you are author- 

* _^ : k^ =*c£ */ H_ 

ized to say for me that there will be no deduction in the amount of 



__U^: % 



my subscription for the ensuing year. 455. Evidently the candi- 



2^ k, ^ 



* ^ =T 



date thinks he has made a very creditable impression on the minds 

4 * = n. 



^ 



of the Board, as he seems to be very jubilant and confident this 



^ ' i. 



morning. 456. The gratified graduate, actuated by a desire to give 

- ■ -« Z r , M ■ - 

expression to his feelings of gratitude toward the tutor, presented 



[item 



him with a cravat. 457. The superintendent did not intend the 

J 



estimate to fall into the hands of his competitors, and so was very 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 91 

indignant when informed of the occurrence by an intimate acquaint- 
ance. 458. The patriot was obdurate and refused to indicate to the 

* ^f L — ■ y^ " >— 

commissioned officer the exact hiding place of his friend. 459. There 

was great excitement in the camp when the commandant announced 

that he feared that the volunteer who attempted to ford the stream 

would be fired upon by the Indians. 

It is not allowable to join a shortened straight consonant to any 
consonant in the same direction if, by the operation, legibility would 
be destroyed; write Locate ^CT^L; EvictS-r-rri . . 

However, when not allowable to join a shortened consonant, it is 
sometimes more expedient to disjoin it than to write it in the cor- 
responding full lengths; write Date.. . I: . . .; Dated. \\ ; Treat. .»...; 

V 
Treated... '| 

460. The afflicted convict, who is likely to suffocate, is looked upon 







v^ 


^-i 


■ 6 


iv 




fe_- ° 


s — i 


* 


as a 


model 

rr 


■ 1 
prisoner 


1 
461. 


The 


new 


Agent will locate 


( I 

in this 


terri- 



tory and endeavor to collect the correct amounts which, in the aggre- 



92 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

gate, will be considerable. 462. We never doubted your word that 

£± ^ „ ^r^ | r • * 

the car, freighted with athletic goods, was shipped, the Bill of Lading 

^ ->• - ^ \- ) / • V 7 

for which we received, dated August 1st. 

— > H : *-* 

When impracticable to use Eld, use Let, as in Hustled. <s<_ .; 
Leasehold /_ • 
463. He hustled over to Allegheny, only to find the statement, that 



the leasehold for the household goods had been taken by the man 

^~ ^ ,r -* i J \ - 

who embezzled the money, was misleading. 464. The critic yielded 
to his appetite for the intoxicating liquid and, as a result, he was 
finally locked up. 465. The grizzled veteran whistled for the youth 
to bring his muzzled dog and, with an emphatic air, stated that he 

■ v- -*-t- . * -%,_ V-» i- 

would shoot the man who had misled him. 466. The leaves rustled 

• /TV- Jr 

-* -* <=* f rt-iT ^ x ^C 

for an instant and then, as the old whole-souled gentleman meditated 

I ^ I ,. f AL * X_ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 93 

upon what course to pursue in the matter, the kodac fiend took a 



-1 r^ , Va : 

snapshot. -*_^, 

;^ 



Where impracticable to join Est downward, it may be written up- 
ward. 

467. He, the roughest, gruffest and bravest unionist to marry the 

■ ' J -± ^ ^ ^- 

vainest, meanest and plainest fashionist, with the briefest possible 

Lu — 3 — } y ' ^ v 

acquaintance, has caused the opinionist to have the gravest fears for 



ception, yet withal, a man of the kindest disposition. 469. The 

. C „ > J J" 



the result. 468. The passionist was a violinist of the keenest per- 

V, ^ - M ) ^ - -L_ 

eptio; 

-\ — — * — *- 

multitude applauded as the procession, headed by the gray-headed 

■-a. V , ./\ <« V =^1_ 

hero, threaded its way through the finest portion of the city. 

sL \ l^ _J ^ v : t, 

470. The tutor was very much gratified by the verdict rendered in 

' | ? -> / — =^ — -*■ ^ 

the case of the attempted infringement upon his copyright. 

- — : =J^, £ -^ — ~ r ~ x * x 



94 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



471. Midway between the cottage and the retail butter market the 



szL 



e ■ <— 



maddened animal attempted to leap the hand-rail of the bridge but 



^ 



/TV 



> 



the occupant was fortunate enough to keep his left hand from being 
pinioned to his side, and, therefore, was able to protect himself from 

V _ 7 . ") ) \ . v. — -x 



^ ) \ 



jx^. 



injury. 472. They threatened to retaliate and abduct the King and 
carry him on board a chartered vessel to their fortified stronghold 

~- ^ \ ^ e . ) ^ Xf 

in another latitude, if he did not abdicate in favor of the legitimate 
^— ^ i^z - ■ **= ^ 



heir. ">v 
- 1 — X- 



When L, N or R is preceded by a vowel and a consonant, and fol- 
lowed by a sounded vowel and final D, write the full consonantal out- 
line; shorten the L, N or R, however, for the addition of T, except 
where P, B, T or D precedes the N. 

473. As Barnett Merritt and his married daughter, Janet, journeyed 



^ 



-& 



7— — 

along the boulevard, they met a pallid countenanced man with a pul 



V^ 



y: 



ft 



V^ 



let under his arm, who seemed much flurried. 



/ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 95 



Mr. George P. Anderson, Supt, x ^ 



7* 



Gardner Foundry & Machine Co., s ~7D' 

Pennsylvania and Smithfield Aves., \^ ~*\j Vs 

San Francisco, Cal. 5i -~ sr \_ ^ ^ 

Dear Sir: 



-\ 



Your-valued-fa.vor of-the 27th inst., in-which-you intimate 



<r 



throughout that -we-are- not manifesting a liberal spirit toward- 



you in-the-matter of-our transactions with you, is-at-hand and con- 

-o -f 



- — k — • • ■■ 



tents noted. Accordingly we feel called upon to improve this oppor- 

■- ~ K z - ^ ~ \ , ^ < , ^ 

tunity afforded us to disabuse your mind of-this unwarranted idea. 

kA . r r ~ I ^ t ; . 

In-order to-do this, lt-will-not-be necessary for-you to-be *told that- 

— =j L ^ ^q ^i \ p 

you-are getting our lowest possible prices and-terms. A-glance at- 

— =T^ L=t — * "=5 h 

our catalogue " B," whlch-will-not consume more-than a small amount 



9« DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

of your time, should suffice to convince you that we, unlike others, 

— L ! ; c ±f V ^-» ~ *) 

are-not talking for-the mere purpose of hearing ourselves talk. We- 

have one price and certain discounts; these are contained in-our cat- 

s^ * ^ T2 Z2>j J ^_ 

alogue. 



We-did-not misrepresent- the goods to-you nor had-not-the least 

^-/v =£ ^ _j 1_ 

inclination so to-do, and, therefore, we-do-not propose to rest under 



i ^c 



this insinuation. While we-may-not be-as-old a-firm as some others, 
we believe our facilities for erecting-and shipping machines are un- 
equalled. * "~~ 



We-cannot account for the apparent delay in-the arrival of-this 

~ - v- \y v ^ ' ' i 

shipment at-your place, unless- it-should-be that-it-was occasioned 

< > <<■ \ — -4 — — 

by-the wreck that occurred some time Thursday night, but would 



DICKIE'S SENTE^X , E PRACTICE. 97 

suggest that-you use-the No. (2) machine, which we send in another 

/ L i \ ® ^ / * ,• 



4 rf \-<»)"^ > ^ 



shipment, until-it (the No. (3) ordered) arrives; you certainly will- 
not-go uncared for. — - I 

ia=2 ^ X 

Regretting your trouble, and-trusting that our transactions in-the 

^-4— > — ' -■ i. ~ 

future may redound to-our mutual advantage, we-remain, 

■:,V. ^ ^ ^ -^ ^ ^ 

Yours-truly, 



i 



(Student sign own name.) 



THE WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS OF THE 17th CHAPTER 
ARE CONTAINED IN THE FOREGOING LETTER. 



PART Ml 



Loft 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 101 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

Circum or Self may be indicated by Iss written beside the first 
stroke of the remainder of the word; thus Circumference. ^/r° .; 
Selfish..-??.... 
474. The circumnavigator was very self-possessed and exhibited 



L_^ Xj. -^ 



much self-control under the most trying circumstances of the past 

-/ ^ ^ 1 i V 

few weeks. 475. The Honorable gentleman from Maine is a self- 

l "-, ^ ^ ^ ^ - * 

made man, having circumvented, by his own indomitable will, all ob- 

^ V ^ . -,, ^ _ "X ^ s 

stacles that threatened to impede his progress. 476. Although cir- 

•^ ' >■■ ■ n — **-. — t — 

cumscribed to the circumjacent country, the Major was very circum- 
spect in his movements. . 



Contra. Contro, Counter and And-Accom may be indicated by a tick 
written at the beginning of the remainder of the word; Contraband 
.....; Controvert. S^. . ; Counteract. . . . . . ; And-Accompany/\_^;. 

477. I do not desire to contradict you, but I must say that I did not 

i I, . L „ . - „ ) < * 



102 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



countermand the order for the counter-sunk plates some few days 

« ^ L ..._ ^ „ -> 



ir 



ago and, therefore, will not enter into any further controversy with 
S 9 . 



I 



v — sr-^ /o^q 



you. 

: 2 *- 



Decom, Discom or Discon may be indicated by Dee, written near 
the remainder of the word; Decompound..!^..; Disconnect.!-^-.... 



Discomfit.!. . 



478. Much to my discomfiture, the dumping of the decomposing veg- 

/ , — K ' >~ * IX i 

etables under my window was not discontinued. 

— ,. ~ '-i- > itj . 

For or Fore is always expressed by Fer. . TY., except where the 
junction would be difficult; for instance, write Forgery, Former, For- 
gave, Forego and Foreman with Fer. . . A . . ; but write Forethought, 
Foreseen and Forward with F. . .V 

479. The foreman could not forego the temptation to foreclose the 

_^ D_ — U > — V^ 



^ 



mortgage. 480. The foreigner foresaw that the foremost forerunner 
would, in all probability, reach the foreland in the forenoon, and, 



*A ** -v. 



therefore, sought to forestall him by forewarning the forger. 

I f ■ V ~ x ^ — ^ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE 103 

Usually use F-Ar or F-Ray for Far or Fare. 
481. When the farmer bade farewell to the faro shark, he had non 

T_i ^_^^_ S^L^ . 



v 

a farthing with which to pay his fare 



j^_ / — ^^ — ^ 



Incom, Incon, Incog, Incura or Encom is expressed by writing En 
above the line and near or partially over the remainder of the word. 

482. Realizing that he would, no doubt, be encompassed on all sides 



s^l i a ^_ \ -y ^_1 



by enemies, he felt it incumbent upon himself to travel incognito. 

^ ^^> i ^ 1 ^\ ^ ^* > 1 ^~1- A 

Express Enter, Inter or Intro by writing Net in any position before 
the word, or by joining. 

483. He attempted to intercept the intercessor in his intercourse 



J^ , ^ Si 



with the interpreter, but that worthy interrupted him with the state- 

-1 r^ , c A~ ^ * * L 



ment that he would not brook any interference from him in the 



* ^ ~X ^ 



matter. 484. During the interlude of the entertainment I received 

3=i^ * — 3 — : ~i * <* 

an introduction to the proprietor of the house and. we forthwith pro- 



21 



-Sl 



\ 



7 

ceeded on a tour of inspection of the premises. 



104 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Express Ifrecon by Ar written near the remainder of the word. 
485. The Acadian captive was irreconcilable, and would not be 



• 


~\L 


-. ) 


^ 










\ 


consoled. 


486. His 

o 


>0 

irreconciliatibn to his 


lot 

c 


made 


him 


very 


re- 



tractive. ^ 



Express Magna, Magni, Magno or Magne by M written over the 
remainder of the word. 

487. The magnate took the magnesia and magnet, which he found 

— + 1 2 q: ^_^_ 

under a magnolia of great magnitude, and very magnanimously gave 
_^ /^ " - -T. "^ ~ 



it to the magniloquent and vindictive magician. 



*- 



Express Miscom or Miscon by Ems written above the remainder of 
the word. 

488. Owing to a misconstruction of the order and a miscomputation 

^_ nia l ^ - 3 

< u 
as to the time of the rendezvous, the scout misconducted the troops. 



^— „ — i^ — ^ 



Express Noncom or Noncon by writing Nen over or through the 
first stroke of the remainder of the word. 
489. The Nonconformist was non-committal when questioned as to 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 105 

his non-compliance with the request of the Established Church digni- 

° ^H> * 'at * ), /. 

taries. 490. The non-commissioned officer reported that the infec- 

J=^ _Z '^ A<A < ^-, 

tion of the non-combatant was non-contagious. 



3 ^_^ 



Express Recom, Recon, Recum or Recog by Ray written near the 
remainder of the word. 

491. Your committee respectfully recommends that work on the 

r I a. a. ( s " 

reconstruction of the tunnel be recommenced without further delay. 
^U> L^ ^* i ^, ^ 

492. -The recluse was recognized and straight- way recommitted to 



1 



the asylum.- 



Express Uncom, Uncum or Uncon by En written on the line near 
the remainder of the word and sometimes joined. 

493. The uncongenial and uncomely lady was unconscionably un- 

" ^ ^a n ) ^ 

compromising and made it very uncomfortable for the unconverted 
man. 



Express Unrecom, Unrecon, Unrecog, In Recom, In Recon, In Recog 
or In Recum by Ner, usually written over or near the remainder of 



* 



106 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

the word; do not join if. thereby, legibility be obscured. 

494. His ability has not been unrecognized and I have, therefore, no 

~ N -^ — £_~ 

hesitancy in recommending him for the position. 495. In ^recon- 

-^ -^ v * , t ^X- 

structing the bridge he did not propose to go unrecompensed and so, 

> 3 \ — ^ - ) 

in reconsidering the matter, he determined to add to the amount of 

_Tj ■ | ■ j , -,- > 

his original proposal. ^ \ 

v^ 

Word-signs may be used as prefix-signs\_and, when so used, retain 
their positions as word-signs. Write Under, however, to conform 
with the word to which it is prefixed. 
496. He upset the upright piano and caused an uproar. 497. The 

outlaw committed the outrage in the outlying district and escaped 

-\f — n ^ lr L - } -, 

through the outlet afforded by an outhouse close by the outmost out- 

— > i ^ M - t N u. 

post. 498. Whereupon the Secretary introduced a resolution in 



k 



writing and a lively discussion forthwith ensued. 499. The General 

r . J^~ U S» ifu : Z_ 



hoping there! 

■4> ^ n~ \ — V— ^ 



T 
advocates a forward movement, hoping thereby to overtake the 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 107 

courier of the Emperor, who has undertaken to convey the impor- 

<r+-f <^VC- & *- ^ -^ 

tant message to the embassador. 500. In revoking the license of 

2 — ; ^-^ ^ & > 

the unrepentant hotel keeper, the Judge exercised his prerogative in 
J* 



/ 



reminding him that he should have been more circumspect in regard- 

' Xi gcs> °\ ;, - 

ing the laws oi ! the Commonwealth. 

C > — /"l 

_ * . — , 

The T may be omitted from the prefix. Post; and the N may be 
omitted from the prefix, Trans. 

501. The translation was duly made and transmitted to the post- 

— : — 2« — ) \<- ~ — %± , — ^_ 

office authorities. 502. The postmaster has decided to postpone 



Y^. 2 J^ S ^, 



the discharging of the postman until the arrival of the postilion. 

^ ^—4 ^ •» ^ 

503. During the progress of the trial it transpired that the trans- 

1 ^ ' T| l t L-Ul 

gressor had transferred the contraband goods while they were in 

i _ r ( — 



— i — V- 

transit on board the transport. 

4 — *■ — ^ 



108 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Write the consonant outline for Con, in the following words: 
504. The commissary displayed great commiseration for, and comity 

with, his comrades of the< commercial college in their study of conic 



sections. 



A perpendicular dash in place of the Con-dot implies Concom. 
505. We send you the concomitant illustrations with the hope that 



you may be able to use them in some of your publications. 



^ 



L 



V 



When the syllables In or Un occur before any one of the prefix 
contractions, express such syllables by joining the proper letter or 
letters to, or writing near, the prefix. 

506. The President believes that in countermanding the order he 



* 



V 



1-^/ 



will succeed in counteracting the influence of the radical element. 

*«= — £=■ — *- 



v 



507. His unfortunate experience with the unenterprising grocer was 



SI 



not entirely unforgotten, 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 109 

Express Con or Com by writing the remainder of the word under, 
or close to the preceding word. 

508. I am convinced that the contemptible cringing conductor will 
=^2 



4_ 7b, ^ 



confess to the theft if the contemplated course is pursued. 509. Your 

■ , - I J^, ^±^1 ^ C 

communication of recent date, in concluding which you request that 

we forward you our complete Instructor, is at hand and contents 

^ — *— ^ — L-j 1 1 

noted. 510. We have compared the small competence we are re- 

—, 2. ^ -^ ^— 

ceiving, with that of others engaged in the same work, and we have 

^ L_^ -7 - ^ ,x x_ 

come to the conclusion that we are" not receiving a very liberal com- 
pensation for our services. 511. The sentence of the court was. 

therefore, that the General should be cautioned by the reviewing 

l\ } *> ^^ ^— ^ 

authority, which in this case is the President of the United States. 

>° iv. ■ > vX> 



z — x^_^ — V-^ 



to be more circumspect in the future as to his form of instructions 



110 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

to subordinates. 512. The Pope's astonishing physical and intellect* 

. y<^ , _v ? ^ — 

ual vigor, in spite of his extreme age, naturally detracts somewhat 

^^-^ — b 

from the speculative considerations aroused by the appointment. 

^ ^ v *< =*— * *=- 

513. Our exports of manufactures have fallen off somewhat because 

^ ^v ^- ^ ^ -V. ^ -v 

of the continued and almost unprecedented rise of prices in our 



-^ 



^ 



home market. 514. The conviction is general that, as soon as there 

x —II- il S2 „— * J. 



is any appreciable reaction in consumptive demand on this side, the 

^ ^-V — h k — L 

pressure of our phenomenal production will make itself a hew and 



k 



> * ^ — \, r ~ i 



->» ^r 



greater invasion of European markets. 515. After all is said, it 

^ "^> % ^ ^* \ 2 L 

remains true that public men are rightly held to forego some of that 

_^» J < \ ^ ^ ^ r :^- ^ * 

immunity from criticism that the private citizen insists upon as one 
of his requisites. 516. While he is so jealous of his own motives. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. Ill 

he should be a trifle more considerate in his treatment of other peo- 

J x I <-> T ^ h ^ 

pie's. 517. Interesting interviews, i. e., interviews in which men 
v k i ^=4 : ^ -Za 



of note really say something, are usually denied, and it was nonsense 



to expect that the Senator would escape the conventional fate. 

^-* 



518. It is a radical thing, not complimentary to the nation, to say 

, L ^- ~ ~ — \^L — + — v.? ■; ) 

that any one of the two great political parties hi this country is so 

( /^ : , ^ ^- x -i — -•) 

deficient in character and intelligence that it has not a man, mean- 

-J — -i y L -^ - 

ing thereby that it does not contain a single individual in all its 



\ 1 l. i 



vast membership, who measures up to the Presidential calibre. 

-^ ^ * ^ — x — ^ \j "*V - 

519. For the first time this year every group of cities shows a gain 

S,. * -1 L ."' W,«-s X J~ _ 



over last year, and, in contradistinction to previous months, the in- 
7^ ■ 



^ ~ ^ ^A, 



creases are not confined to the country outside of New York and 

y° ^ £ , = i ' -r 



+ 



112 tUCKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

New England, but are shared in by the financial centers of the East. 

1 "^ J if -" >> V^,_, M / y-f 1± 

520. They would be absolutely free, under cover of the unctuous 

principle that every man's house is his castle, to cater to the vices 

■-i ^ * ° _r - "^ » ^ 

and evil passions of humanity, without a semblance of restraint from 

■ e v x - f « ^ ^ ^ -v 

the police power or any other constituted authority. 521. There 

"• V ~ i -1 >■ ) 

was even less reason to believe that the managers of the Congres- 
sional campaign Would pay heed to the cry for tariff revision. 622. It 

_^ - N -1 > ^ K \? ^ x 1 

is true that the veneration in which the Pontiff is held, inevitably 

1. ' «■■* -Z V r ^ 

invests his own preferences in the matter with some moment. 

^ _ \<*° ^~^ : ^ ^-.y 

523. By common consent it was determined to discontinue the ex- 



I— I «— '- 



ercises until later in the afternoon, when it is hoped, circumstances 

— f ^ "^ — ^a ~ l \ & — 

will be more favorable. 524. The police have discovered the cog- 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 113 

nomen of the prince who was arrested while traveling incognito 

•v- > ^ ) * r I ^- 

through the neutral territory. 525. The self-conceit of the self- 

) ^f v v : jf : $_ 

appointed candidate from the Congressional district was self-evident. 

r=f Jk ij=2 ± 1 2^-^ *- 

526. In contravention to the stipulated terms of the armistice, and 



-*- 



*T 



to the discomfiture of the present Chinese incumbent, the hated for- 
eigners proceeded with the contravallation. 527. The decomposed 

^ > ys> ; , _te 

body of the disinterred counterfeiter was hauled to the cemetery, 

\ ' t| — ^ — LJ — — ^- 

closely followed by his disconsolate widow. 528. The forelady 

^ * ^ k :l* • -vr 

afterwards told me in another interview, that the undertaker's estab- 

±j> r ^ ^-^^ ^_ ^L± ) 

lishment was free from any and all encumbrances, and, therefore, 1 

> ^ ^~ - :r^ , ^_ 

had a wrong conception of his affairs. 529. We cannot understand 



\e 



Jl 



!,• . ^^ -f 



^ -7 

how any man, who displays such an intelligent interest in religious 



114 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

matters, can be so inconsistent in his life. 530. Education means 



the leading forth of inherent powers or tendencies to full blown con- 



V 



ceptions, with one end in view, self-mastery. 531. His unselfish life 
won the admiration and respect of his neighbors to such an extent 
that they recommended him for the position. 532. It was the ambi- 



^ - \ 



tion of the benevolent astronomer to acquire a beautiful chirography. 
^~V ,o -^^Lr-s * 



^ * 

533. After much correspondence it was decided to postpone the 

— -v = — \ 4 ■ \ 

holding of the centennial of the college, which was to be held in 

_j£ : zz. : ?z z \ r — 

October, until the completion of the Hall of Metaphysics and Philos- 

^ ^_^ >■ ^- -^ ,°V 

ophy in the following month.' 534. The paragraph in the catalogue, 
relating to the periphery and the wonderful system of subterranean 
passage-ways of the earth, is a remarkable instance of hyperbole. 



X 



D1CKTES SENTENCE PRACTICE. 115 

535. The supercilious polygamist, who was suspected of stealing the 

: ^! 5=2 z 1^,. - .r 

stereometer, acted his part to perfection and soon was transported 

-^ -x > / v^ ^-> V 

beyond the jurisdiction of his vindictive antagonist. 536. I have 

Z—4-3 * ^ o^, t- 

to withdraw from the Associa 

, ^ _^ X. 



declared my intention to withdraw from the Association unless the 



present incumbent is deposed. 537. The Spanish General was unac- 

-A — ^ — i — L_* ; — 1_ — z ) 

commodating and would not reconsider his order with reference to 

^L ^ _Z3, "^ - ^. ., 

the reconcentrados. 538. His manuscript, entitled " The Onward 



1- - • — T 



March of Civilization," was listened to with intelligent interest by 

<? s '^- ) C , ' y 7 \ 

the representative audience. 539. He was guilty of indiscrimination 

^ £— } n N ^- 

in asking a favor of the disinterested party. 540. I understand that 

J-, ^ — : 4 — 



<r 

he understood you to intimate that he was deficient in intelligence. 



$ fc =21 



116 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTER XIX, 



Use Bee joined for Ble or Bly, when impracticable to use Bel. 
541. He very forcibly declined to attempt the ascent of the peak 

<_fi k L , iv L : ^=l 



that is considered to be insurmountable. 542. The missionary very 

-t_ J — x ^ ,■ ■ ^ -> 

sensibly refused to labor in such an unprofitable vineyard. 

"^ ^^ V ^ ^ 

Use Iss written at the end of the preceding part of the word for 
Bleness, Fulness and Someness. 

543. The feebleness of the aged gentleman did not prevent bim 

: ^ : z ^_ J v - 

from enjoying the playfulness and frolicsomeness of the kitten. 

-> - y \ -^ •; — , . 

Use F joined to the preceding part of the word for Fore or For. 
when convenient. 

544. Therefore, I take great pleasure in sending you this small token 

^ U ^ n 4 ^U 

of my appreciation of your faithfulness and serviceableness which, 

n *>> f \ = c2± *° -^- 

heretofore, has never been properly rewarded. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 117 

Use Ses, written at the end of the preceding part of the word, for 
Lessness. 

545. The restlessness of the condemned murderer is, no doubt, due 

- ^° > L 



to the hopelessness of his case. 546. The painlessness of the opera- 

_^ ^ — — ^ /X : — ^ — '\> 

o 
tion, and the harmlessness of the sedatives, confirmed the dentist's 

u z ^ fliL ^w 



i 



assertion. \? r 



Add Lty or Rty, if the L or R is preceded or followed by a vowel, 
to any simple, or group, consonant-sign, by disjoining it from the 
preceding part of the word. 

547. The orator was introduced with very little formality and pro- 

' ^| •> 1 ' -> r ^ "t 

ceeded to say that he believed the prosperity of the principality was 

>-) I 4 \ > \ I 

not due to the -instability of the inhabitants. 548. The final decision 

I. . \ ' ^ , ^X. 

as to the legality of the act will also determine the validity of the 



^^ j ^ 



sale. 549. Although I had often noticed his verbosity, I did not 

JC ^ 1 ^ ^ -X 1— 

question his sincerity until his vulgarity was forced upon me at the 

- ' ^ 1 1 > ( \ ^ L 



T 



time of his arrest. ^ ^ 



118 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

Express Ly, if it cannot be written more conveniently with an El- 
hook, or by the consonant stroke joined, by writing Lay, written 
near the preceding part of the word. 

550. Contrary to our expectations the matter was not touched upon 

k a S L^ )_ ■ ) \ 

during the session, the time being mainly devoted to a discussion of 

1 J- ■ ' ^ w ]| , T ^ L 

the wage question; consequently, the committee of labor men con- 

i = °z : 1 N /a^, i 

sider themselves to have been meanly treated. 

k _L> ^ \ ,, 

Express Mental, Mentally or Mentality by writing Ment near the 
preceding part of the word, or by joining it. 

551. Through the instrumentality "of the sentimental commander, 

1 T ^ 

the supplemental proposals, calling for the ornamental monumental 

^ \*- ^ £-> ■• 

work, in honor of the regimental hero, were accepted. 

t/ ^f^i £l_ &, S^ * 

Express Ology or Alogy by writing J under, or joined to, the pre- 
ceding part of the word. 

552. The theologian's analogies were listened to with keen delight 



i — t ■ c ■ 



by the phrenologist, philologist and tautologist. 

-^-? — 5-J — 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 119 

Self is usually expressed by a joined Iss; Selves, by a joined Ses; 
except where the junction would be inconvenient or disallowable. in 
which .case the circle should be written beside the last stroke of the 
preceding part of the word. 

553. If we do not take care of our own selves, who will? 554. They, 

b ^ ^_ ^ c 

themselves, admit that it is possible that he may go himself. 

_± C _U ^ U- „, 

Express Ship by writing Ish near the preceding part of the word, 
or by joining it, if convenient and the junction would not destroy 
legibility. 

555. After a long courtship, his lordship finally succeeded in obtain- 



ing the consent of the seDior member of the partnership to a mat- 



* <? 



rimonial alliance with his daughter. 



Express Soever by joining Iss-V, or by writing Iss beside the last 
stroke of the preceding part of the word. 

556. " Whosoever will, let him come and partake of the waters of 



t 



life freely." 557. I assure you that I had nothing to do with the 



>r 



4 — =1 



matter whatsoever. 558. No person, howsoever situated, shall be 

^ , I- f- 

employed as a miner in any anthracite coal mine without having 

^ ^^ - — rf <■+- ^ i L__ 



k 



120 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

obtamed a certificate of competency from the examining' board. 

_V___rv____LN ^ — ^ — ^ 



Full or Fully may be expressed by an F-hook. 

559. The deceitful accountant gleefully and carefully wrapped up 

'—i *r— — ^-A- 

the evidences of the head bookkeeper's defalcation. 

Imply Ancy, Ency, Idity, Osity, etc., by disjoining the last stroke. 

560. The fact that the Secretary was arrested for vagrancy will have 

• i * «= ) J i v>- ^k_ 

a tendency to impair his chances for the Superintendency. 561. Owing 

IL-: > -^/ jyf ^ ; ^ * »r- 

to the generosity of the wholesale grocer, they will be allowed to 

_> ^ ! ,-r ~? <L_± 



t6-^ 



continue in the occupancy of the store-room. 



A word-sign may be used as an affix-sign. 
562. I know of what I am speaking when I say that hereafter all 



V 


\ 


•> 


— \ — ^ 


( 


"^ 




N 


workmen 

.z 7 


must 


report 


for duty not later than 

v i 7 


seven o 


'clock A. 


M. 


-X- 



Express To, when following the sound of En, by Tee joined to the 
preceding part of the word; except where the En-hook is more con- 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 12l 

venient, in which case use Petoid. Vocalize Un but not In. 
563. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 564. The explorer 



plunged further into the howling wilderness. 565. The parties of 

^/ ^ ^ r ^ : 

the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals. 

I ^ -I ) s- - 



Usually use the En-hook in the middle of words for In. 
5.66. The statements hereinbefore made, and the matters hereinafter 





■L ~\. ~ ^ ^ 


declared 


are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, absolutely true 



Express Of by an Ef-hook, as in Whereof, or by disjoining Petoid 
(1), as in Talked-Of 

567. "In consideration of $1.00 (ONE DOLLAR) to me in hand paid, 

L ^(gi ^ , ^ — \ 

the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged." 568. Such a matter 

—A y :-\ ^_^ r .^ 

was not only unthought of, and consequently untalked of, but en- 



tirely unheard of. ^-^x N 
: ^=3 ^_ 



Never disjoin the sign for ever. 
569. Whichever route you decide to take, or wherever you may go, 



1 — ,4 « -\ * 



122 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

or whoever employs you, always remember that your mother's love 

1 l ^ - r-\ \ L-. s\ 

follows you. \o 

1 Q_^e 



CHAPTER XX. 

You may omit P, if preceded by M, and followed by T, Sh or K. 
570. The gumption displayed by Officer Tompkins in arresting the 



man who had the presumption to attempt the looting of the bank, 

--=> f -^ * b- ^ \^_ 

was the subject of much discussion at the breakfast table 

> i f ^ i V. (.. _ 

K, occurring between Ing and S, Z or Sh. 
571. In contradistinction to my colleague's declaration, I desire to 

~E^ - ~ 4 — ' J ^ -. 

go on record as saying that I do not sanction the injunction pro- 

- ' r • L ( ^ ,q v-> 

ceedings and am, therefore, exceedingly anxious to have my constit- 



> - l 



-r 

uents become conversant with my attitude. 

v_ ^L ^ e _ 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 123 

T, whenever it' can be done safely. 
572. The domestic was very restless in her new vestments. 573. In 

■ l^_ > -> J~ "-> _ A,. „ - 

an old castle, close by the Bastile, the postal clerk found a beautiful 

- 7 ^r ■r ^ V • V^- ^ ^ - 

pastel, which he obtained from the destitute philosopher at the point 

J*= 1 ^ n J ^__4 1_ 

of a pistol. 574. When he returned to the vestry he could not find 

; "v , ^ ^ -^ , ^ — - * 

the least vestige of the New Testament, and so was compelled to 

■ r y ' 2= . ) ) -v . 

postpone the exposition of the life of the great Apostle, until the 

\ ^ ' ^ > - ^ K 

— Y* 



following Sabbath. 



K, L and N, usually when the expression would necessitate a tedi- 
ous or difficult outline, and legibility would remain intact. 

575. I have a conviction that he did not include the productions for 



^ 



the fractional part of the previous year in his report. 576. We place 

> * ? \ -"■^■-. =-*- 

no unreasonable restrictions upon our students, but any infraction of 

-- *^ ^ ^ j — ■ " ^ > 

the rules will be severely punished. 577. It, therefore, devolves 



T7" 



^-^ — ^ ' | L 



124 DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 

upon me to attempt to develop the intellectual side of this pupil's 

\ - > k , ^_ n T i x 

life. 578. The husbandman was the picture of contentment when 



l_i4_ 



informed of his appointment. 579. For a long time before attempt- 

J^ • !z * v, _ ' \ U_ 

ing to demonstrate it, he indulged in the conviction that light was 

, 1,^ I , v w ^> ( c ) 

simply the reflection of the effulgence of the sun. 580. The univer- 

Si ^3 ' _^ > ^ • *> 

sality of the atonement, as opposed to the doctrine of foreordination, 

: l ^* 3 : s^ 

is believed in by millions of people in all parts of the civilized world. 
^ ^=£ 1 a, ^ C^ 

WORD-SIGNS, CONTRACTIONS AND PHRASE-SIGNS.— XVII., 

XVIII., XIX. 

Began. Gentlemen V Gentleman «/ Called, ^quailed .?7. .Kind. 

Can't. 77. . Cannot— vr. Account .^>. Mind. .T? . .Amount, ed, Am not, 

May not.-r-* . Happened. . y. Carry. .^.^.Carried In order, Neared. .^. . 

Behold Till it. . f. . .Told . f. . ."Until it f . .Did not. J... Do not. .J. . . 

Had not j. .Manager, .-ry. . Spirit Separate. . Y Article y-rr~. Able 

to. . . I. - .Present . . V . . Superintend, ent . . .V . Taken . . . J. . . Withal . . \ . . 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 125 



Market Company (business term). . r-rr-. . .Favor. . .*>y . . Pennsyl- 
vania . V . . Avenue . . V> San Francisco. *tT^. California Bill of 

Lading V? . Dear Sir. . JL . .Valued. . ^ . .Throughout . . . . .We are not. .*?. . 
Were not. . t/ 7 Manifest, . edr~^ J> . Toward. . . .1 . . . Is at hand. .. j . . Note, 
d. >r< . It will not. '. . .Which wilL not. . £ . Are not . 7* . .More than.c*. 
We may not . . T? v . We cannot ."*r*^ . We can't . !^? : . . Ship, ment . -jt . . 
Unless 5-f. ..Occurred. .<rr. .Sometime. *^ . .Will not. .C We will not € 



We remain. .^V^Yours truly. . . h . . Respectful, ly. .^v . Forth Vs 
Forthwith . W. . .Origin, aL ally. .<v. . .Whereupon t/\ . In writing.?! \ . 
Commonwealth:—: > October 7\ . Publication . .\« Experience, d. . a 
Complete, a:.\.In all its .5^. ; .Intellect, ual, ually.rT .Considera- 
tion .L. Manufacture, d. mg~~"~V.Whereof . */* . Interest, ed, Ing./f... 
Intelligent, ly V Intelligence. J . Individual, ly, ity. ."">. . .Mem- 
bership TS. . Understood . .'i . . Understand. . tf. . Inconsistent. /f. . Corre- 
spondence .7!: . . Withdraw A .ManuscriptT"^f-^Ihdiscriminate-ion v *r~. 



Disinterested L . . Heretofore . . «i. . Proper. .\ . . . Consequent, ly.,.*T! .. 
Certificate. .^.Hereafter. 75... Parties of the First Part . \ .Herein- 
after^ Hereinbefore. .7^. Whoever. L . Afterward. . ^ ForwardVv 
Doctrine . A Universality . . .°) . . . Declaration . . £— 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



WORD-SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS. 
CHAPTERS MI-HMV-V-VI-VH. 

297 Wordsigns. 2962 Words. 

They, Them, Will, We, With, Go, Together, To, The, What, On, Were, Of, 
Who, Whom, Had, Him, Am, May, If, Do, He, Should, Is, His, As, Has, A, An, 
And, Wish, She, It, Up, Some, Same, Would, Was, Cost Caused, Because, 
Kingdoms, Into, Does, In, Any, Are, You, By, Buy, Have, Make, But, He will, 
Sec, Sea, Saw, Out, At, Its, It is, Almost, Long, Along, Way, Know, No, Give, 
Given, All, Though, Thou, This is, This has, Themselves, Hour, Our, Which, 
Change, Me, My, Large, Many, Money, Much, Charge, About, I, Eye, 
Aye, High, Never, Allow, Whole, Hole, Here, Hear, Her, Think, Met, 
Took, Did, Not, Get, That. Although, Let us, This, For, Read, Lord, 
If it, Necessary, Put, Said, Home, So, Could. I will, Highly, Is as, Is his, His has, 
His is, As is, As his, As has, Has his, Has as, Why, Your, New, Knew, As it is, If 
it is, Be, Object, Objected, Beyond, Those, Thus, Letter, Mother, Matter, Shall, 
Shalt, Thy, Thee, God, These, Thyself, After, Quite, Use, Us, Hope, Patent, Party, 
Happy, Advantage, Own, Subject, Come, Good, To be, Tomorrow, Always, 
Tuesday, Natural, Naturally, Astonish, Astonished, Astonishment, Little, Future, 
Several, Few, Ourselves, Somewhat, Establish, Established, Establishment, Order, 
Thing, World, Best, Thought, Being, Forever. Ever, Kingdom, Common, Above, 
Nature, Language, Yours Yourself, Entire, Business, First, Also, Possible, Be- 
come, Without, Knowledge, Away, When, We know, While, We will, Well, 
Refer, Referred, One, Won, Whenever, Too, Two, Fact, Where, Now, We are, 
Aware, Ye, Went, Useless, Whereby, With him, With me, With my, We may, 
Himself, Hereto, Hereby, Peculiar, Peculiarity, Used, In his, Influence, Heard, 
Herd, Whose, Wished, Suppose, Via, Home, As it, Is it, Take, Enough, Among, 
However, Reference, References, Familiar, Familiarity, United States, New York, 
New Jersey, Time, Next, Weather, Whether, Affect, Affected, Ago, Soon, Ack- 
nowledge, Instant, Influenced, Thank, Thanked, Thousand, Herewith, Notwith- 
standing, Disadvantage, Under, Regular, Regularity, Held, Represent, Represent- 
ed, Must, Order, Yourselves, Irregular, Irregularity, Commonly, Already, Awe, 
Such, Year, Years, Average, Hundred, Yard, Just. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTERS VIII-IX-X-XI. 

81 Wordsigns. 1690 Words. 

Difficult, Difficulty, Call, Equal, Equally, Full, Fully, Only, Till, Tell, It will, They 
will, Uhtil, At all, In all, Character, Went, Under, Nature, Led, Principal, Princi- 
pally, Principle, During, Member, Remember, Remembered, Number, Numbered, 
Brother, Mere, Mr., Remark, Unable, Care, Truth, Contract, Pleasure, From, 
Manner, Remarkable, Through, Threw, Very, Every, Their, There, They are, 
Owner, In our, Accept, People, Able, Direct, Directed, Near, Nor, Surprise, 
Another, Expressed, Sooner, Propose, Whatsoever, Capable, Capability, Influen- 
tial, Believe, Probable, Probability, Popular, Popularity, Supper, Appear, Oppor- 
tune, Opportunity, Particular, Particularly, Start, Doctor, April, Truly. 



CHAPTERS XII-XIII-XIV. 

114 Wordsigns. 2530 Words. 

Gave, Before, Arrive, Arrival, Arrived, Cover, Whatever, Man, Men, Human, 
Woman, Women, General, Generally, Can, Question, Down, Done, Plan, Been, 
Opinion, In one, Any one, Work, Within, Monday, Morning, Known, None, 
Often, Phonography, Learn, Alone, Even, Over, Truthful, Truthfully, Practice, 
Standard Phonography, Remain, Children, Upon, Remembrances, Remembrance, 
Naturalist, Saturday, Other, Than, Then, Therefore, Differ, Differed, Difference, 
Differences, Against, Christianity, Christian, Consider, Of course, Advance, 
Advanced, Combine, Combination, Family, Clear, Whichever, Appearance, i er, 
Either, Pittsburg, Return, Failure, Condition, Station, Deliver, Delivered, 
Occasion, Occasionally, Attention, Agent, Inquire, Inquiry, Irrational, Irration- 
ally, American, America, Purpose, Positive, Positively, Forms Subjective, Mental, 
Mentally, Phonographer, Phonographic, Objection. Measure, Representation, 
Representative, Objective, Subjection, Organization, Determine, Determined, 
Determination, Hesitation, Investigation, Examine, Examined, Examination, 
Specification, Accord, According, Accordingly. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



CHAPTERS XV-XVI. 

45 Wordsigns. 985 Words. 

Case, Repute, Reputation, Important, Importance, May be, Improve, Improve- 
ment, Improved, Example, Sample, Behind. Somebody, Simple, Import, Com- 
munication, Undertaken, Post-office, Discharged, Discharge, Impossibility. Im- 
possible, Impossibilities, In regard, Entire, Entirely, Rather, Expects, The other. 
Another, Enter, Entered, Material, Sure, Longer, Direct, Directed, Further, 
Farther, Neither, Certain, Certainly, Distribute, Distribution, Among their own. 

CHAPTERS XVH-XVIII-XIX-XX. 

130 Wordsigns. 3768 Words. 

TOTAL WORDSIGNS 667. TOTAL WORDS 11935. 

Began, Gentlemen Gentleman, Called, Equalled, Kind, Cant, Cannot, Account, 
Mind, Amount, Amounted, Am not, May not, Happened, Carry, Carried, In 
order, Neared, Behold, Till it, Until it, Did not, Do not, Had not, Manager, 
Spirit, Separate, Article, Able to, Present, Superintend, Superintendent, Taken, 
Withal, Market, Company (business term), Favor, Pennsylvania, Avenue, San 
Francisco, California, Bill of Lading, Dear Sir, Valued, Throughout, We are not. 
Were not, Manifest, Manifested, Toward, Is at hand, Note, Noted, It will not, 
Which will not, Are not, More than. We may not, We cannot, We can't, Ship, 
Shipment, Unless, Occurred, Sometime, Will not, We will not, We remain, Yours 
truly, Respectful, Respectfully, Forth, Forthwith, Origin, Original, Originally, 
Whereupon, In writing, Commonwealth, October, Publication, Experience, 
Experienced, Complete,' Completed, In all its, Intellect, Intellectual, Intellect- 
ually, Consideration, Manufacture, Manufactured, Manufacturing. Whereof. 
Interest, Interested, Interesting, Intelligent, Intelligently, Intelligence, Individual, 
Individually, Individuality, Membership, Understood, Understand, Inconsistent, 
Correspondence, Withdraw, Manuscript, Indiscriminate, Indiscrimination, Dis- 
interested Heretofore, Proper, Consequent, Consequently, Certificate, Hereafter, 
Parties of the First Part, Hereinafter, Hereinbefore, Whoever, Afterward, For- 
ward, Doctrine, Universality, Declaration. 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: 

P D S P for Principles Dickie's Sentence Practice. 

D S P for Dickie's Sentence Practice. 

D D for Day's Pocket Shorthand Dictionary. 

B I for Barnes' Complete Smith Premier Instructor. 

D D E for Dickie's Dictation Exercises. 

D R P for Dickie's Reporting Principles. 

W D for Write and Dictation. 

D for Dictation. 



About thirty minutes' dictation on up-to-date topics should' be given at 
least three times a week, during the last two months of the course. 

Neither chalk nor time should be spared by the instructor in the exposition 
of each and every lesson. 

SIX MONTHS' SCHEDULE. 

PHONOGRAPHY. 



1 


Alphabet 








2 


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and Part A, P D S P 


w. d. 


3 


(i 


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d. 


4 


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5 


H 


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d. 


6 


11 


ii 


c, 


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7 


II 


ii 


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d. 


8 


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ii 


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9 


it 


ii 


D, " 


d. 


10 


Review Parts A, B, 


C and D.PDSP 


d. 


11 


First half First C, 


DSP 


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12 


Second " 


ii 


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w. d. 


is 


Whole 


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ii 


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14 


First half 


Second 


C, D S P 


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15 


Second " 


K 


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16 


Whole 


11 


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17 


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w. d. 


18 


First half Third C, D S P 


w. d. 


19 


Second " 


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DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 



Whole Third C, D S P 
First half Fourth C, D S P 
Second " " " 

Whole 

First half Fifth C, " 
Second " " " 

Whole 

Review all the foregoing 
First half Sixth C, D S P 
Second " " " 

Whole 

First half Seventh C, D S P 
Second " " " 

Whole 

Review all the foregoing 
First half Eighth C, D S P 
Second " " " 

Whole 

First half Ninth C, D S P 
Second " 
Whole 

Whole Tenth " 

" Eleventh " 

Tenth and Eleventh Cs, D S P 
Review all the foregoing 
First third Twelfth C,DSP 
Second " 
Third " 
Whole 

First half Thirteenth C, D S P 
Second " 
Whole 
Whole Fourteenth C, D 6 P 

Review all the foregoing 
Whole Fifteenth C, D S P 





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Whole Fifteenth C, D S P 
Whole Sixteenth C, D S P 

First half Seventeenth C, D S P 

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Second " 

Whole 

First half Eighteenth C, D S P 

Second " " " 

Whole 

Review all the foregoing 

First half Nineteenth C, D S P 

Second " " " 

Whole 

WMe Twentieth C, D S P 

Review all the foregoing 

P D S P and Cs, 1-2-3 G H B 
Cs, 1-2 D S P and 4-6-7 
Cs, 3-4-5 " and 8-9-10 " 
Cs,6-7 " and 11-12 " 
Cs, 8-9-10-11 D S P and 13-14-15 GHB 
Cs, 12-13-14 " and 16-17-18 " 
Cs, 15-16-17 " and 19-20-21 " 
Cs, 18-19-20 " and 22-23-24-25 " 

Examination D S P at 50 and G H B at 12 words per minute. 

Rules, word-signs, contractions and phrase-signs. 



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PAGE. 


PAGE. 


LETTERS. 


83 


1 to 7, D D 


7-8, D R P 


1 to 10, DDE 


84 


8 to 14, " 


9-10, " 


11 to 20, 


85 


15 to 21, " 


11-12, " 


21 to 30, 


86 


22 to 28, " 


13-14, " 


31 to 40, 


87 


29 to 35, " 


15-16, " 


41 to 50, 


88 


36 to 42, " 


17-18, " 


51 to 60, 


89 


43 to 49, " 


1920, " 


61 to 70, 



DICKIE'S SENTENCE PRACTICE. 





PAGE. 


PAGE. 


LETTERS. 


90 


50 to 56 D D 


21-22 D R P 


71 to 80 D 


D E 


91 


57 to 63 « 


23-24 


81 to 90 


" 


92 


64 to 70 " 


25-26 


91 to 100 


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93 


71 to 7.7 " 


27-28 


101 to 110 


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94 


78 to 84 " 


29-30 


111 to 120 


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95 


85 to 91 " 


31-32 


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96 


92 to 98 


33-34 


131 to 140 


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97 


99 to 105 " 


35-36 


141 to 150 


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106 to 112 « 


37-38 


151 to 160 


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113 to 119 " 


39-40 


161 to 170 


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100 


120 to 126 " 


41-42 


171 to 180 


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101 


127 to 133 " 


43-44 


18 L to 190 


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102 


134 to 140 " 


45-46 


191 to 200 


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103 


141 to 147 " 


47-48 


201 to 210 


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104 


148 to 154 " 


49-50 


211 to 220 


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105 


155 to 161 " 


51-52 


221 to 230 


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106 


162 to 168 " 


53-54 


231 to 240 


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107 


169 to 175 " 


55-56 


241 to 250 


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108 


176 to 182 " 


57-58 


251 to 260 


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59-60 


261 to 270 


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110 


190 to 196 " 


61-62 


271 to 280 


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63-64 


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65-66 


291 to 300 


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67-68 


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69-70 


311 to 320 


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225 to 231 " 


71-72 


321 to 330 


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116 


232 to 238 " 


73-74 


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75-76 


341 to 350 


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246 to 252 " 


77-78 


351 to 360 


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110 


253 to 259 " 


79 80 


361 to 370 


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120 


260 to 266 " 


81-82 


371 to 380 


«t 


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267 to 273 " 


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381 to 390 


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122 


274 to 280 " 


85-86 


391 to 400 


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PAGE. 


PAGE. 


LETTERS. 


124 


288 to 294 D D 


89-90 D R P 


411 to 420 D D E 


125 


295 to 301 


91-92 


421 to 430 




126 


302 to 308 


93-94 


431 to 440 ' 




127 


300 to 313 


95-96 


441 to 450 ' 




128 


314 to 315 


97-98 


451 to 460 ' 




129 


316 to 319 


99-100 


461 to 470 




130 




101-102 " 


471 to 480 ■ 




131 




103-104 " 


481 to 490 ' 




132 




105-106 " 


491 to 500 





SIX MONTHS' SCHEDULE. 

TYPEWRITING. 



DAY. 




DAY. 




1 


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20 


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2 


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21 


" 20 21-22— Read carefully 


3 


" 3 " 


22 


" 23-24 Commit Instruction 


4 


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23 


" 25-26 Addressing Envelopes 


5 


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24 


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6 


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50 Writing on Cards 


63 


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42 


51-52 Telegrams 


. 64 


' 109-111 


43 


' 53 


65 


' 112-115 


44 


' 5455 


66 


1 116-119 


45 


' 56-58 


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« 120-122 


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' 59-61 


68 


' 123-124 


47 


' 62-64 


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' 126-127 Commit Instruc- 


48 


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70 


' 128-131 [tion 


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' 68-70—3 


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1 132-133 


50 


' 71-74—3 


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' 134 Mimeograph Copies 


51 


« 75-77 


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' 151-154—5 Carbons 


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The remaining months should be spent in the routine work of the 
transcription of notes. 



AUG 15 1903 



